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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1848), 1862-05-13

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1848), 1862-05-13 page 1

f i 1 mt flair grol. - HorniDf tnd Afterawa Report LATE HP IWPOETABT HEWS PABTIC'tJfcABSOF THE OCCUr A' 8 E WALL'S POINT ABAKDOKEDI Sklrmltb wllh the" Rebels near Tanner creei . i w Our Force Still Adrnnelnfl- BiiTmon, Mif I12.-Tbe Old Point boat 111 arrlvm, eaa brings im following: Noaroix:, May 10-6 P. M, Ota. Wool hM Juet entered th oitj, la company wlta Major W. W. Lamb aad a oo.ssilte of lb oily government. Too latt of tbe rebel . troona lafi this mornlne-. and tha ellr tu left in oara of Ibt Major, aa tba rapreeeulative of tha oivtl ptwer. Oa iba approach of our troop Ihe Mayor wont wiib a Bag of uno t in 0117 limits, and an arrangement waa aooo nude be tween iba Mayor and Gen. Wool thai tba oily ahoold ba given up oa tha premie of General Wool that private properly ahauld ba respsciad. Diirlnc tba mareh on Norfolk tbrao roiioionlal cavalry camp wara found daiarlad, apparently VA a day or two alnsa. Gen. Weher'i ragltntnl, tha Naw York 20th, advanced on (belauding, to raeonnoilar, and noma alx milta from tha baob,,at tba Half-way Houaa, (to-oalltd) found a plaoa wbioh had been " praparad far a ballle-field; - (rata and bnihoa had baen foiled, and rilia pill built, aad aarly ia tha morning, at waa aaoertaiasd, several guna wara plaood in potitloa at tbit poial. 1 - Boma rioruila of Iba dlat Vlrgioia regiment wara oapturad. They reported Siwall'a Point abandoned oa tha praoeding night by four oompanlaa, wbioh bad garriaoned tha plaoe1 for aoma weak paet. . . A negro waa alio eaptured at Ihle plaoa, who talad that it wai lha lotention of tha enemy to deitroy the bridge over Tanner'a Creek and then evaouat Norfolk. Part of Max Weber'i regiment tu pushed forward on the road to Iba bridge, and tna enemy wai foued about noon, poatad on tha opposite tide of Tanner'i Creak, with three guna..... : -"'-:'" in nridti aad been lit on nra. ana waa ami burning at that time; aoma ilx or light iboti were fired without effect, and our men being beyond muiket range, did not reply. The oreek being about a quarter of a mile wide, our foroei wai withdrawn and atartad on euother road, ooniiderably longer and reported VwaV ,u o defended by a atrong battery. Not the ilightest opposition wai made, how-over, to our adTance, and the fortifications, wbioh were a mile and a half from Norfolk, wara found lo hare been evaeueted after ipik-ing tha gune. Ibey were extensive worki and finely eonetruoled. ( Tbey arrived at Norfolk after a tiresome marob, at 6 o'olook, without firing a gun, and found the whole rebel force gone, the laet leaving tbil morning. r j . 1 Mayor Lamb, with a oommittee of tha olty government, authoriied for tba purpoee, met en. Wool with a 8ig of truoa at lha oily limite, and after a brief oonaultation, tha oity wai sur-Mndered to the 0. 8. forsei. Gin. Wool then proottdtd to the City Hall with the Mayor, followed by a large arowd, whera be limed tba following proclamation: Head Qoibtebs DiFinTHiaTor Vieotnu, Norfolk, May lOih, 1802. Tba City of Norfolk having been lurrendered to tba Government of tba United Statei, mili tary possssslou of the iimi ia taken fn behalf of the national Government by Major General John E. Wool. Brig. Gen. Viela ii appointed Military Governor for tba time being. Ha will aee that all eUiaeni an carefully prolaoted in all their right and elvil privilege!, taking tha utmost oara to preierve order, and to is that no tol-dieri ba permitted to antir Iba olty, except by bii order or by Ibe wrilten permission of the aommanding omoer or bla brigade or regiment; ad ha will puoieh aummarily any American aoldier who ahall treepaei upon tha rigbti of ny of the iuhabitanla. (Signed,) JOHN E. WOOL, Major General. Oen. Viela Immediately appointed Mr. P. D. Davie, bii military secretary. The very first partlea who entered Ibe ally wera newspaper correspondents. General Wool returns to the oamp eulsida of the oity and probably to Fortress Monros tonight.After the departure of General Wool, aereral thoueand persons assembled near the City Hall, ta hear a speech from Mayor Lamb. Tha Mayor earned to be very popular. , He said, in sub-etanoe, thai In bii segoliatlona with Central Wool ha had scoured a pledge for the protection of private properly and Iba safe oontinuance f all private business. The people are in a atata of great axeitement and a atrong polios foree is out to-night. It is hoped no violence will be oommltted, aad oonfi-deaoa in the Government will doubtless soon be established. LATER NoaroLK, May 10 The Navy Yard has been completely destroyed with very a large number of steamboats and olher vesssls. Numerous Union flags an flying in Portsmouth. The place is occupied by the 10th Massachusetts Kegiment. General Viele has established his headquarters io Ibe Custom House formerly oocupied by Gen. Huger. . . i . 1 ' , The national flag was raised for the first timt thii morning; it waa saluted by tha guard and enthusiastically oheered. The Monitor aad Naugatuok have just arrivad. A number of other vessels from the fleet are al-ao coming up. The night passed quietly. At present everything is perfeotly quiet and order ia entirely restored. All the publio property is ooouplsd. General Wool and Com. Goldsboro have just arrived on the Baltimore, The policy of Ibt authorities here Is to allow averylbing to go on with at little interruption aa possible. A gsueral feeling of oonldenoe seems to pre-val. A Union sentiment begins to show itself. Fifty-two gum were found at Craaey Island this morning by Capt. Case. The following proolamation wai Issued in Norfolk on Monday morning: NoirOLK, May 10. Tha oooupanoy of the olliea of Norfolk and Portsmouth, ia for tbt protection of the publio property and the mainten anca of Ibe publio lawa of tha United States. Private association! and domtstioquitt will not be'disturbsd; but violationi of order and die-rstpeot lo tbt Government will be followed by the immediate arrest of the offenders. Those who have left their bomea under antioipation of eate of vandalism, may be aaaund that tha Government allowi no man tba honor of eerving In it armies who forgets the duties of a citisen, in discharging those of a soldier; and that no individual rights will ba interfered with. Tba aale of liquor ii prohibited. (Signed) EGBERT L. VIELE, Brig. Geneial U. 8., and Military Governor. LATEST FROM THE WAR I , SEAT OF OCR ARMY . ADVANCING, t Large Supply of drain Captured, TWO AMD 1 HALS MlLES VEOM KlST C. H., vombeblimd, VI , Sunday Morning, May II. A company of lbs 8tb Cavalry paased on laat night lo Wbitehousa, fivemlleafrom ben, on the rarmunbey Hirer, better Known as tba Uurtts aaiata, owned by a ion of Gen. Robert E. Let Tha company secured 7,0J0 buehele of wheat and 4,000 buihele of corn. - Tha rebeli bid burnsd Ihs railroad bridge and torn up tha road for aoma diilanoa towards Riohmond. Tbi dittanoi from Wbilshouse to Biobmond is 28 miles. Tha rebels had blookadtd lha river two mllee below here by linking veieele, bnt tbey wara blown np without much trouble. Tba rear guard of tba enemy it at Tanner's Depot, tit milea from Whitahouaa. A oontrahind who left Richmond oa Friday, reports the city full of siok loldieri and lhat tha peopls art Hooking in from lha surround ing oountry. Depredation by Morgan' Cav airy. Louisville, May U. One hundred aidfor-ty-thne of Morgan's cavalry at noon to-day. captured forty-eight freight aid roar pissinger oars and two locomotives at' Cava City, Ey. organ auppoain mat tna train would contain aev of cavalry priaontnaouad northward. 1 Tha operator at Cava City, however, gave otic of these faola to Bawling Greea,iaad stopped Ihs upward (rain., -ii t-, i,, Among tha oaplund t ederali war Majon Hslvstiand Carlo, both of Wolford'a Cavalry, and one other Federal omoer, and thne or four frvtuiajr. Tba Rebela baraed alllhl above oan, inapt two aad a looomcUvc, wbioh brought thi l "- n ijsuiivuia , i.iUv .t Jai-.Uiu'J DAILY VQ.IJMK, XXV,, E.ATE . AND IMPORTANT FBOM WABU1NUTO.V ' . ' :, i I . ; (Spualal to lb. Poat.) WaiHiiaroM. Me 11. Tha committee ap nalnttd bv tha Consreisional oauoua yeeterday had a meeting last night and talked over their programme, and Mr. urittanaea, ins inairman, was rsqussted to draw 10ms resolutions for an adjourned meeting of the committee to-morrow morning at 10 o'olock, Mr. Crittenden givee renewsd assurances lhat their aotioa ic limited to thi soopa of their duties as membert or Con-craaa. that the have no tboughta of organii in or attsmntinc to organise a politioal party: tba ablest ie merely to unit a oonaarvativa strength In Congress against miaobiivtom abo lition ssoession diiis now pauuiog.'. , Tba resolution presented by the eommiltee on Monday night will bs substantially tbest: list That the Conotllution, tha Union and lha Laws of Iht United Btatee muit bi in forotd, and the rebellion against them put down, and that it ia their duty to vote for avary meaiuri necessary ana propsr 10 mat and. 2nd. , That it la tha diotata of policy, aa well aa of hu'maniny, lhat no more war violenoe or injury phall ba inflicted than is absolutely nt-oessary lo auppreai rebellion; , that while no bolw ehonld ba tparad totht rebellion aa long as It u in arms against tne government -we mould nmtmbar that Ibosa angaged in It Cava been our fellow-oltitens. and that they aad their de scendants must again make and partake of a common deetlny. ! Ird. J bat btatee are component and essen tial naifanf lha llninn. hnnnrf tnvathar bv tha ConetilulFon; that rebels cannot direct Stataa of inair powera a auon parti or tna union; aad though they may obstruot for a time thsen- joiment of then rights and powers, upon tbt re moval 01 tnc ooatruoiion, by tne aupprenion or tne rebellion, ibe stales muit revtrt to tntir original rigbta and relation, and it remain aa long as tba Uonatltutlon or tnc united states, wbioh binds them into one government, shall endure. ' - etc. That while condign puniehment should be viilled oa leading rebels to mark and sue matise their deteatible orime, the masses of the people of lha Beoeded Btaiea are not equal offender! and deierv Immediate amnesty on abandoning their opposition to Iht Goyermenl. Otn. ' That on tbsse principles Ibe general Confiscation and Emanoipation bill pending before Contress; are uncolilio. unconstitutional and highly dangerous to tba -future peaoe of the oountry, and ahould not beoome laws. oib. mat iba members of congress uniting in iht expression of these sentiments, while not all fully - endorsing everything that President Lincoln haa done, do nevertheless, havs an abiding eonfldenoe in bis honesty, patriotism and desire to preserve the constitutional right! of the Static. The resolutions may vary n little - from these, but not materially. Vallandigham did not attend the meeting at alii . , ,' Tribuue Correspondence It ie believed lhat General Wool will be im mediately made a full Major-GeneraL Tha Norfolk Navy Yard will bi officered immtdiati- Washikotok, May 10. Gen. Butler baa for warded to the War Department, among other trophies, tbt rtbel morning report of the force at Fort Jackson. From this it appear! the aggregate number in Ibe fort during the fight was 787. A sort of diary waa kept, under the head of remarki. Tbi great preoieion of the fire from the mortar boate ia oomplimenled. On the 27th of April five Federal gunboats are report-ad lying near Quarantine flying flagi of truce, At twelve o'olook at night tha majority of the gairitoa deserted. The date of the 28th ii recorded, but no entry was made. WisHiHOTOH, May 11. Eeoretary Wellea has aant n official letter to Com. Farragul, speaking iu terms of high praiee of hia aervioes, and oomplimeniing omoert and men for their gallant conduct, laying that tbey deserve the thanks of their country. Hon. Bamuel Vinton, from Ohio, died here this afternoon, after a brief illness, of eryaipe-laa. Hebae been for many years a represent ative In Cougreec, aud ncently wai appointed one of the Commissioner! under the Distriot of Columbia Emanoipation Aot. Harry A. Stewart, son or Mr. Stewart ot Baltimore, and a prisoner in the old Capital, wblle attempting to recaps tc-day, was ibot by the sentry and died from the effect! of .his wound. .... j . w .. .... From San Francisco. 8 FatKCCsco, May 10 The steamers Brat- ler, Jonathan, Oregon and Panama, have arrived from Oregon aud British Columbia within two days, bringing $220,000 in treasure, and dates to 6ih and 7ch. r ; ; Portland and Viotoria wtre orowded with itrangeri just arrivad from California on their way to me mines. Flour of all kinds and provisions are worth enormous prices. . ;, uoid was uaiitvta io ot anunaant over a great exlent of the oountry. - - . 'ibe uritisu uoiumbla minlns season ti open ing unusually early. . . . Miners wera rushing to Calboo .factor thau needed supplies could bs sent. Keren hundred and arty people have left Ban Frtuoisoo Ibis week, by the only steamers lhat sailed for Oregon and Columbia. The emigration in that dinolion fully squals tha meant of transportation, and will doubtless inersass for week! to come. , . Private correipondence per Phantom from Hong Kong, ;dated March Slat, taya that a reeounoisance parly arrived on the 20th inet, from Ban Franoisoo, bringing dalss from the Atlantic Slates to Feb. 6 h. Our laet advices per mail via. Suet, wtre Jan uary 80th. In future we shall depend on ves sels rrom your fort ror me lataal home news. at tbe laat steamer from Shanghai we were advioed of the orgenitatlon of a ileam navigation oompany on Ibe Yang-Vet Kiang, with a capital of cue million five hundred thousand dollars. - ' ' m i. i i ;.t, LATEST FROM PITTSBCRO LANDINO! , , ., Oen. Pope Ha a Sklrmil( With a Superior Force of Rebels I .ui ' - - PmsBuia LiNDisra, May 11. The following icreoeived: , - , ' Head-Qoabties Ami,' Miisisnrpt, Near Farmington, May 9.-6 P. M. TuMqj. Qtn. BalUek : , : ' Tha enemy, 20,000 strong, drove in our pick- e'e beyond Farmington, and advanoed ageinat tba brigade, occupying the further ildc of tbt creek in front of my oamp. Tba brigade held on for five houra, until finding themelvei heavily pressed in front and on the flank, and that I oould not sustain them without paaaing aver the oreek with my wbolt font, whioh waa contrary to your orderi, and would bav drawn on a general engagement withdrew to this side in good order. v- k-j.v n. ' t The eondnot of tha troope wa excellent, and tha withdrawal made by tbem wai very reluo- tant. The anamy made a demoneiratioa to croes, but abandoned tht movement. Our loss ii considerable, though we oannot yet tell how great. The enemy being maoh tx-erolsed. tufftnd very severely; the enemy's batteries being completely disabled, and his infantry line driven book itvcral timet by my oommand, eager tor advanoc. (BlgnidJ . JOHN POPE, T . Major-General Farmington la five milea northweet of Cor- intb. Tbe only foreee engaged were rtummer s and roluaa brigades. The weather warm and pleaat, ' All quiet in front; the enemy having retreat ed. ' ! , I"'- ' Re-arrest of Mr. Ilartung. Aleaxt, May 11 Mary Hartung, oonvioted come vearu aince of the murder of her huiband, reltaitd from prison lsal December by order of Judge Wright, baa bttn re-arrested on a bench warrant, Issued on application of tht Distriot Attornsy. ,'U,v r . The Bnpraa Court, general term, an Saturday, derided that Judge Wright' disoharge waa erroneous, and ordered Mn. Hartung to be kept in priton for new trial. - The Loss of the 6th Michigan at tne Mamie oi Williamsburg. PilAOELrA. May 11 Tba 6th Mioblgan regiment at tha battle of Williamsburg, had 20 killed and 116 wounded. .Among the killed it lilcut jaa. A. uunniug of U0mpany; o. ( Charge of Dronktaes agalmt Oen. Smith Unfounded. WASBtsotoay Hay 10. Tha Military Ocm. mittae rtturnsd to-day from Yorklown. It la understood thsy an satisfied that tha charge af trnnknssi against Gsn. Smith, is untrue, ,. , ..v w jj rx;...tmiwsM OHIO COLUMBUS.' OHIO. TUES DAY ORMiNCT, MAX'W ,1862 LATEST FROM FREDERICKS 1 a :- BVRC1. ,;.J j. ,.v.. 0 : 1 .1 . ,., ... '.. , -. The Rebel In a Tight Place. FRXDiaicKinoBo, V.. May 10. Three rebel dsssrtsrs oama in to-dai: thev confirm the lUte- ment you have already neeived relative lo the rebel force. Tbey lay that tbi rebel! iataad to give us battle wbeu we eroof ma river, dui u is not probable that they know the General! plans. Tha rebel force between here and Riohmond seems to have placed iteelf in rather aa un pleasant position: MoClellaa in their rear, Banka-pushing from tha valley of tba Bheaan- uoan and our column inreateaing an aavanoa-tberc items nothing left them but turrtndr or ignominious ueatn in tne last aitcn. A Union sentiment is growing in this nslgh-borhood. but so faintly al to require careful nureing. . :., . ' , . , - Tba t rederiokeburg malls are running. . i Latest from the Mountain De- . partment. ' , BALTiMoaa. May 11, The reported oaplure of Arnoldsburg by ths rebeli, . ii oontradiottd. Their lubssquent dsfeat ii authentically reported by Gen. Keller. , . '. v. - . i The telegraph line to Bonenot a mviaioa is out. Nsws baa arrived that our force! arc al Franklin, and tha armiei of General! Fremont and Schenok have tavtd Cen. Milroy's. ,, ' Skirmish with Rebel. UdoETEBET, Tim., May 10. Deserters from a Louisiana regiment whs win in a skirmish yesterday, have just arrived. Tbe fore waa 36,000 strong under Bragg, Van Dorn,Hai dee and Price, with su pieoet or artillery. Tiieir purpose was lo overwhelm and drive our left wlug to the Tennessee river.' Their toss waa vary heavy, both ia offioera and man. . Our lost Is 80 kills! and about 70 wounded. All quiet In front. Weather clear and plea sant. Tbs army la pushing ahead slowly '' Railroad Accident. Immianapolii, May llth. A special train which left here laat night, with Gov. Morion, Gen. Nohle, and Prof. Fletcher, superintendent of public instructions, and aurgeona and sanitary stores for Pittsburg Landing, collided with a freight oar, atanding on the track al Sulll van, Indiana, instantly killing Prof. Fletoher. No others tojund. , '. From' Pittsburg Landtag Our Force Reconnolssance Are Surrounded, but cut their way iuruuu sue tteocis. Caibo, May 11. The steamer Courier and City of Alton arrived ibis afternoon from Pitts burg Landing with newa to noon Saturday, up lo whioh lime no gsntral engagement had taken place. On Thursday tbe 2d Battalion. 7th Illinois Cavalry, under oommand of Major Applinglon, accompanied Gsn. Paine' from Farmington on a reeonnoissance to the enemy's position. When about two miles out, scouts, who had been aent io advanoe, came baok and reported a foroe of rebel infantry in ambush in tha woodt on both sidsaofthe road leading' from Farmington to Corinth. After consultation the Federal foroo advanced for the purpose of .asosrtaining the rebel strength, and were surrounded, but out tusir way through the rabsli who had formed no tna roao and made tneir way oaoc io camp, bringing off the body of a Major who waa killed and cur wounded. A deserter who came in aubaequenlly says tht rebels loet nineteen killed, wounded and missing, of whom a Lieutenant Colonel and Captain were killed.' Un .Friday Ibe rebel General Brags a Di vision attacked Gen. Paine iuhis position, two milec beyond Farmington, and a sharp engagement followed, our men fighting bravely, making several bayonet oharges on the enemy, who were repulssd with great daughter. Large re-inforoemenle of rebels having arrived, our troops retired to Farmington. Wc lost nearly two hundred killed, wounded and prisoners. No particulars received. CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. A SIX DAYS' BOMBARDMENT. Five - Sloops of War and Nine Ounboats Run the Oauntlet of the Portal Desperate Combat Between the Ounboats Verona and Webster. . How the Chain Cables and Fire Raits were Disposed of. The Ram Manassas Demolished .by the Frigate Mississippi. ELEVEN REBEL GUN-MOATS DESTROYED. ( 7orreiiondaiice of tie Kw Turk Times.) ' Misiissirri Bivib, Friday, April 18. When I came here, more than a month ago, then were only five gunboati and two iloops- of-War. in lbs river. Our control then ended at the bead of tbe resets, and above tbat poiot tbe enemy held undisputed eway. Uut as, day by day, our vessel arrived from the North, we wreeted dominion rrom tne reoeu, and, use an army in the field, aa our gnnboala extended our pioket lines, there wss a gradual advance of the main oouy or tne neet. rne move rorwaro waa managed, however, with caution, In order thai the caemy ahould obtain no information concerning our strength. i There have been many exciting incidents connected with our movement!. Every day onr gun-boats have had skirmishes with the forls and tba armed steamers of tha enemy. In these enoountcra no injury nai' resulted to ue, but our metal haa aeveral limes carried destruo tion with It, at leael our lookout! hav io re ported. ..!.-: After the firing waa over the other day,' il wae neorssary for Mr. Hills and myself to return to the mortar fleet, whioh waa four' miles down ths river. On our trip wc fell In with the wreok of an Immense raft, oonslructed of logs, wbioh had probably been intended by the rebels aa a fin rati, but bad broken adrift. - It had grounded near tba baak of the river, and the day before an experiment had been tried wpon it with torpedoeeor petards, wader the direction of Mr. Julius Krahl, the well known submarins operator, wbo li here to blow up the obatruo tioni with whiou too noeii may eeex to bar our advanoe. In thi particular experiment Mr. Krahl oama withla an aoa of being "hoisted with his own petard," and also tha party which accompanied him, among whom waa Uaptain Porter. A charge or totrty pound we used, the axnloaion tearing the lose apart and throw ing them high in the air. Bom of the pieoss of timber fell beyond the boat, passing ovar the heada of the party. The terrible foroe of Mr. Krahl' petard aetdi ao better exempllnoa- tion. : f -... . j ; i. ' K,.-e-r Yeeterday morntrg the mortar fleet was all ordered un the river, a Stiff southeast wind af fording the sailing vssssls an opportunity to come np without, the aid of towbeati, end the entire equadron ie now at anchor, exoeptlng three of the mortar lonaoners, on to waai aborc tha advanoed vessele probably mile distant from Ibe sharp bend ia the river, directly above whioh the enemy haa stntoked chain barrier, supported npon hulk. 1 Th veeeelt arc ar ranged in parauer noes, un ins onmiaa an lha frlgatee and gunboats, and Ineids, lltcnlly moored to the stamp and margin of tha stnam, are the mortar sohoonsrs. ' " , Tha mortar schooners al best afford a mull target for the enemy to fin al, but th ohanoei of itriklng tbem an ttili further deonaccd by th loretn cf woode whioh hides tht hull completely from the forli. Still further to conceal tbem from obtervttlon, their mast hav been dressed with evergreens. 'All yesterday afternoon the sailors were busy In the tangled ohap. para), cutijog the branches and limb of the treee for Ibis purpose. It wai great fiin fqr the tan, who fell ao fean, In thi glow of Ihtlr ex-oitemcnt, at disturbing tha rattlesnake! and alligatora whioh - Infest (h mere.- Jmajlos tbi pleasantly ' peculiar appearance of the achoancri in their leafy dnnss. gishtean of Lharn converted lata shedy tawer.- Atnalaahad to tscb masthead,', intertwining it branohaf, and bough! beneath, laced to tbt . rigging cn tithtr side, Jutting rsfnsbing shads, 'bay look prepared for a festival instead of for war. It is Mar-day, Palm Sunday and Chrlstmai time exaggerated; "Burnam woods com to Dun-ainanei" a "forest of masts," with th adjanola of bnnohes and leaves, " " Three of the morler sohoonin an ttalioned on -tba east bank of tha river in a position when thsy. oan'- heat operalt ' upon Fort 81. Philip. ' Than hav bet dlifolnd dllfsrntly. A covering of foliage would only render them the mora eonaplououa a target, r Bui Yankee ingenuity ha been sxsrclssd, and tha read! and oanebraku hav baen compelled to render their assistants. Ih hulls cf thsst vtsssli art coy. .'it ;'f 1 urid --Va. ty""'"' STATE : JOURNAL. sred with him wall of adnatic growth, aa cfadjtal are thui mad lo eeslmllale in color to the veg etation of tbe marsh. I Imsitat that tne reoeu will be pukiled, If Ibe atmosphere ahoifld'be hsiy, io decide whether the vessels lit on the hither or runner lias or tns-smansinp or rano which separatee tha wetaw ofSe Mississippi from thoic of Bltok Bay. A-; Early in thi morning isrfacjunboet, filled with oordi of pine wood wai set an fn aad sent down ths river with the cewfW. As it eami dangerouily near one' or two of tha advanced vessels cf ths fleet, sables wan clipped and there was a season or general excitement, Not knowing the obaraoter of the biasing pile, and suppoaiog that it might contain torpedoes or other infernal oonlrlvances, Captain Hmirh) of the Mieeiesippl, put somertged shot la it. A strsy ball unfortunately sleaok the gunboat Kalahdin, carrying away her cutwater. Bnt as the damage was no won; tyje incident wai looted upon as tommon piac.u Mindful of the mornlna-'s exoerianea with ths raft, Capt Porter ordered all tn boats beloogtag to tbs mortar flotilla lo be fltdd .with grapnsl ropes, lira buokels and axes,- ft preparation for anoinsr, onouia lue enemy cena on aown. in ths evenlnsr, about sunset the boats . wen re viewed. They pulled by the Harriet Lane in smgis line, eaoh omoer in onargc being questioned aa be passed by Commodore Porter aa follows: 'Fire buokels? axes? ' rope?" A re-sponsis "Aye, aye, Sir," and the Commodore direcieu "run around to "lississippi, and return to your vesssls." The Mississippi bslng a quarter of mile ahead, tha me givs way etur-dily, in order to beat tba-rival boat. There w.sre not lee than 160 boats node review, many of thenf teh-oand, and Jae whole icene reminded m more of a grand' sagatta thaf aayioing aiae. ' v An hour after the review.- the men had an opportunity to lest in a praoiloal manner their meana ror destroying nra rans.and Iney proved Ic bs an admirable success. . A turgid column of blaok smoke, arising from resinous wood. was seen approaohlng ut from the vioinity of tnerorta. bignal lights were made, Iba varied oolora of whioh produced a beautiful efl'eot upon the foliage of Ibe river bank, and rendering the darkness inlsnse by oontrast when they disappeared; instantly a hundrsd boat! ihot out toward tbe rittvblob upw was blsslng fiercely, and oasting a wide sons of light upon th water. Two or three of the gunboati the got under weigh and steamed boldly towsrd the unknown thing of terror. One of Ibem, the Westfield, Captain Baoshair, gallantly opens her steam valves, and dashes furiously upon it, making ths sparka fly and limbecs crash with tha foroo of hsr blow. Tbsn a slream of water from her hose plays upon ths biasing mass. Now the email boat! lay alongeide, ooming up belter, skelter, and aotirsly employing their men.. We sse everything distinctly in the broad glarcr- men, oara, boats, buckets and ropes. Tbe so ens looks phantom-like, supernatural; intensely interesting, extremely exoiting, inextricably confused. But finally tbe obieot is noblv accom plished. The raft, yet fieroely burning, ie taken out of range of tbe anchored vessels and towed ashore, where it is slowly consumsd As ths boats return thsy art oheered by the fleet, and thisosnt ohanges to one of darkness and repose, broken occasionally by tba gruff nan or a seaman when a boat, aent on business from one vessel to anothes. passes throutrh the fleet. We have a oonlempt for fire rafis. They hare proved, like maby other things, "weak inventions of the enemy." Wednesdsy, April 23 The siege of Forts Jaokson and St Philip has been in progress slmost uninterruptedly during the psst six days and five nightt, and still they are not reduoed. I will premiss with ths statement that to-dav the 23d day of April will henceforth be re membered as me date or one of the most des perate of naval battles. At three o'olook in the morning the greater part of Oommodore Farra-gul's squadron, oonsisling of five sloops of-war and nine gunboats, suooessively passed up the river, running through a rearmi fire, and are oow above tbe forts. The mortar flotilla and eight armed iieamers are still below the enemy, who is thus pUoed betwoou two fires, with his supplies from New Orleans out off, and render ing nis surrender a mere question or time. Of the damage that has resulted to either side, I have at nreaent littla knowlaJffa. Fmm mo nn. silion with Ibe mortar vessels I oan sse the masts of our fleet, apparently three or four miles be yond me rorts, and tha flag or Ibe Union is fly-log from tha top of every spar. Tba burning hulls of three rebel ileauiers'have naBsed by us down the river, and lhat famous bug-bear, the ram Manassas, is uestroyeo. i saw It sinking, a burning wreck, Its two smoke etaoks tottering, its cylindrioal aides pieroed with yawning holei made by rifled shot; and in Ihs oabin where I now am writing is a log-slate, taken from her deck just before ebe sank by Mr. George W. Sumner, tne executive umceror tuts vessel. Although the loee of tba rebels oould not have been otherwise than severe, they refuse to surrender. Communication has been had with them by meaus of a flag of truce, when Captain Porter demanded lhat they should yield thsm-sslves up unconditionally. Tbeir reply was that the terms were inadmissible, and uutil the last man foil thoy should tight. , In another plaoe I shall write fully of today's proceedings, and will now enter upon a description of ths bombardment by the mortar-scbooners and ths scenes and Incidents attendant thereupon. Fire wag opened on tbe morning of Good Friday, April 18. At an early hour tbt twenty bomb vessels were towed by the sleameri Weel field, Clifton and Miami to the positions whioh had been eeleoted for them. Fourteen of the sohoonen were moored to the weelern side cf the river, closs lo Ihe bank, where Ibey were hidden by Ihe trees from the enemy'i observation, and the remaining alx, instead of tbne only aa wai at first intended, were plaoed in a more exposed condition on tht opposite tide of tbe itreau. The first sohooner in ths line on the western lide wai stationed a little less than a mile and three-quarters from Fort Jackson, and the thirteen others lay astern of her, with the bowsprit of eaoh overlapping the taffrail of Ihe one immediately in advanoe. Tbe vessels across ths river were in full view of Fort St. Philip, wheno Ibey were dislanl nearly two miles and a half. .. i. . Ths engagement wai opened by Fort Jaokson a few minutes before I) o'olook, and lha gunboat Owasco, wbioh had gone a length or two ahead of tha mortar vessels, waa the first to reply. Pressnily the bomb flotilla commenced throwing its shelle, somewhat slowly at first, but with inenesing rapidity as ths sailors became ao-customsd to their work, until a bomb waa aent from each veeeel, go an average, onoc in five minutes, ii Baton the fight began, I waa luoky enough to obtain a place in tbe forelop of the frigate Miasissippi, when the entire field of strife oould be tsksn at a gianoe. From this point I aaw tba effect of the firing. - There were 79 shots find from tht font during tht first hour and a half, the larger number of whioh oama from Fort Jaokson. Most of tbtm passed ovsrth masts of lb lohooneri on the left, dropping in range of -Ihoee on the olher chore, but from 160 to 200 yrda short, After a while, however.the rebels got the range of these six vesicle accurately, and tht balls fall about them, especially from Fort Philip, terriblythlok aad fast.- In return, tha bombs were direoted splrllsdly upon the fort, and with suob affeot that tha anamy slsoksned bii fin, It i wonderful that our vessels wsn not imaahed to pisoes. -Solid shot struck lbs water olose be-sldt thtm, wtlting tht men with tha ipray, or lodging in tba soft mud nf tbe river bank, directly between the schooners, threw thick col umn or earth high up above tntir meat.-i The danger to which these veesela wen ex-Doted far oul weighed tht advantage which might remit from retaining tht position, and in tbt avtning, Capt. Porlar ordered them to n-trct The next morning they wen towed into tht rear of the line cf veeteli o th left, where tbey remained until the end ef the bombardment. Only three of tbem were etruek, and not aionl wai injured on board of them. Capt. Queen'! vessel, theT. M. Ward, had a large hols made in bir by ten-Inch hall. It entered her starboard quarter, smashing tha cabin, and passing dinotly over the top of the magaiine, through the port aids, into the water. Another ihot entand Ibt dick cf the Adolph . HuieL for ward, and lodged ia the bold, Still another car. tied away tbe outwater of ths Sydney 0. Jonec Bat I am getting in advanot of my story, aad must return to ay maintop far a desnrlptlao of tbe nine, as it appeared iron ui point. That il was (alensely grand and animate' nobody will queitlon. The Hartford, Pensaoola, Blob-moad, Brooklyn and x Miasissippi had oqrqe np does lo th rear IU of tportaf vessels, jut without lb ri of th enemy' inn, and wsn steamlag only tnough lo keep their nlatlve Soittloni against th force of in curreni." a aien smallsr stsam-vessels doited th smooth lurfac at th river, Ilk Ih eheeimea upoa a board when . Iht game il marly flnlcbad. . Of thssscuahoats. ths Qwasoo, Kennebec, Wleeabi- oan, Cayuga aid Sciota, wan at lb head of onr lints, belching out then upoa ia eoemy mm their ll-lnoh nivotinni with furlouc rapidity, aad wllh them the iloop ef-wsr IrcquoU, Capt. 7, : -r . - f . , ,. -, ' Da Camp, wbosa galntry ie.evarywhsn ad itttd. gTh Iroquoifaeoied lobe aspsoial target for )h anamy, aad shell plowed up the water alt around her, but aha aeoaped. with only two of lha craw allffhtlv waunJad, : , Ovar tha.wooda, bejrend the t$ii, w can count seven or eight moving owraua or smosi, hie indioaU that tha rebel Bj.smsrs ars pass. ing about, rrobably plotting some micohief against us., Soon one end (hen another, aad aiierwsrd third, appear .in vitw, Blearing to. ward the forls., Before reachini thaar, howev er, the steam era dash ta cover again, and we aee that three huge burning rafts have been asm aclrirt. lha swift currant aweepa tbtm toward f oa, bela tbey are .brillUnt bias, and riling from tbi blaaa ia a spiral, fuanel-ehaped cloud of gsyish blaok eraoke, so dense as to shut from sight tha fort and .all alae In that direction Nearer and nearer these aeemingly formidable raft approach, but theyiecaalon vary little anxiety. W know bow to dhjpojo of tbtm. Tht tailor from the large ablpt n called out of lb rigging,, which (bay bav been permitted ta occupy a interested spectators of the battle, aad in a short tin boat bav tbe rafta ia tow. i and tbey are landed on Ihe river bank to burn away, Wo alt confeae ,lo as) admiration of uese pyrouonnie uippty, taey add veiny to th piclrcaqqeea pf onr surrounding!, and araperfeoUy barmlaia, tM,, . Tbs brava fallow (ha eohooner did not relax tbeir fire during Ibis excitlnc ,intrluda Tha quick, sharp bark of the mortara waa in. ocssauk Following each report ie an awful rushing ffilrr-fTrjs-rr, a tboagb lea thousand humming-top van whirling ia th air. Each bomb-ahell, wben filled, weight about 815 pounds, aad tbt entree is traduated assordinn to the distane which il sslesle ii required to reach. , W use hen .from fifteen to twentv pound of powder al tatb diaofaerg, and (he length of the fuses ic forty-five seconds. .Watch a bomb from the lime It leavec tha mortar nntil it explores, nod t leemi astonishingly long on th passsge. Thiy are '(.brown at a great elevation, and deaorlbe the an of einla ia their oourse, tbe extreme altitude of whioh ia about equal to the length of the base. . The praetice waa pronounoed to be excellent. Every bomb plunged in and about th foils, marking the plaoe of ile fall by throwing ud oolumns of gray sarin, wnion tooted like fountaina of muddy water; or, if exploding in the air, by the splashss which tbe Mattered fngmente tnade as ihsy dropped into the river, or tunk deep into the oosy toil of it banks. i The war raged in tbil wty all day. At interval! tbi fin of thi enerov waa brisker thaa at others. A nearly as ws could-judge the rebels wera unable to itandlong nndtr our Are at their barbette guns, but retreated to their casemates, .where, having; gained nit and a trash tuppty of oourage. tbey would return. only to be driven away again after firing a few rounds. About 6 o'clock P.M. we observed flamss. annarantlv in. tha nAtif j,r P.i .t.w. son, end Viler it jiroke out then wai no further firing from cither fori. At nightfall a aignal meue irom uie Harriet last ror tbe schooners to cease onerailona. and tha nlsht waa passed in quiet, without tvm a fire-raft ap- In ths evening I: visited several of ths ves sslsto oolleot inoidmli of the fight. I found that each of them bad bad aeveral narrow .. capei from the flying ehot, but nly one had auuoa, ,uupung loose to wuick 1 have previously referred, i A solid airht innh hull oame on board Ihe. sohooner Arietta, Captain Thomas Smith, lodging between the mortar and itt bed. Tht ball carried way the right leg of James Lavsr, who wa loading th mortar at the timt, and for a time rendered the mortar unserviceable. Poor Lever .died two hours af.ar he received the injury, and bit body was tha sams evening: committed to tha dark nm of ihe river. Captain Porter informed tna inat ih ,500 shells expended bv the haiOtfi inhnnnnra ati tbo first day of tha siege, in addition to whioh the cuuboaii must hava firad at Um hun dred. The Oswasoa alone from her 11-inoh gun. and thirty-itvtu from her rifle, tnd only retired when her supply of ammunition wai exhausted. t , . ... M-I had almost forgotten to mention' an incident of the first day's fight, which had an in-spiriting effect upon the men. . Tha iteam yaoht Saxon, a dispaloh boat belonging to Qua. Sutler'! expedition, arrived with information that ibt General waa bslow with 8,000 troops, for the purpose of oeoupying the furls after the navy had taken them. She brought news whioh wc wore all onduloue anouth to swallow with. out a grain of salt, to, tha effect that Burnside nad captured .Norfolk, and the Merriinae had been sunk by the Monitor. . Commodore Farragul telegraphed the statement to the entire fleet, and iu oiroulatloo oooatianod auoh an outburst of enthusiasm, wbioh fonnd vent in oheer-ing of the kind tbat men-of-war'a men only know how to give, as I hava never before witnessed. ' I hope the newe is true, but afier careful inquiry I oould trace it to no more certain sourcs than Madame Rumor. These Iroopt left ribio Island on tha Klih lost., and arrived off Pass a l'Outre,oo Ihe morning of tbe 17th, but. there not being euflioi ent water for the large ships to orosi: tht bar, Gen. Butler aant tbem down to Ihe Southwest Pass. ' All these vessels are now at tha bead of the pusses, save tht Gnat Bepnblio,, whose great draught prevented her passage of . the bar. These soldiers ar in high ipirila at the prospsot of having something to do. Anything in the way of a change from their desolate en- campmeni at onip island proyea aoosptable, , Friday Evening, April 25. When I dosed my latter veaterdav I had na idea that I ahould be down her at Pilot-town, in my old quarters, mors than twsnty mllee from lh scene of the bombardment.' But auch is the fact. The mortar Flotilla, with wbioh 1 nave oeen more espeoiauy conneoled, wa ordered suddenly, about 6 o'clock in the after noon, to get under way, and repair lo thie piaoe, wueiu mum oi mc vesseii are now at anohor. ; " ' ' - The reason for thi nnexneoted nnlar 1 plained by the eiraumitanoe that an immense noating oattcry, iron-olad and heavily armed, survived tht fin of our fleet as It ran tha naunt. let of tbs forte, and could be seen a mil or two above us,, wllh nc adequate fores to Interpose, should it rebel maetare attempt to olaar ua out oi ma river,-- nun every: confidence in tha ca paoity pf tbe morlar-aohoonera to defend than selvss against ordinary enemies, Captain Portir waa of opinion that It would ba abeer recklessness to allow, tham to remain where they, were certainly exposed to aa attack from thie invulnerable arrangement, whioh would haw tha game entirely in it beads.. i Our retreat waa decided upon particularly, bees use then ia really uuu aawiug oirouqieisnoM, or Keeping np the siege of the forte. We have tha nbel garrison io a trap, from which it hi impossible to extricata themielves. and a few daya mora or less isr msm io noia tne forts la of no material constqusaoe. Her th mortar-vessola ara nar. rectiy secure. Toll formidable battery at the fort Is an un wieldly eontrivanoa. - It ia nan. strqoted of a Nw Orleans dry-dook, and il un- wauaaoauir u a uaaway. t cneuiq ti ventnrs down ihe rivr, w have anopap se by which to avoid It, A H would be Impassible to get it baok again, a suaioient foroo oould be brought Hktpping over the details of the five dava and nights' bombardment, wbioh la any eaac wonld do wearisome io puriuo, i ihatl narrate, the event conntetad with yeeterday' movements, a far a I know them from personal observation and from tha atattmtnt tf Qtbtr. Jhtrt ii no doutf that Cbmmedors Fmaaut vitk hfft eg iicaVm, t new ATear Orleans. tusd the following teller, a copy of whioh I was permitted to make, -i It wa written when th riagumotr wa wan nam the oonfliol) and th wordg have the ring of true metal in them: una Fobtbb: we had a roagh time of it, aa Bogie will loll yon, bnt, than Qod, Ihe number of killed aad woundfld wae very- mall, consisting. ( Tblt ihtn had two killed - End light wounded. W Ititnysd- th ram In a lingle oombat between her and Ihe old Mississippi, but tht nm backed ont when the aaw tba Mississippi coming t blm s rampantly, and be dodged be aad ran on ihon, whereupon Smith put two or thne broadsides tbraogh blm and knocked him all to pieces, The ram pushed fir rift on t me, aad In trying to avoid ti I ran tbt ship on then. He again pushed Ihe Ar raft an as, and got th tbip on fin all along a lid I thought it was all up with us, but wt put II out aad got off agala proceeding op th river, fighting oar way. W have daetray-ad all bnt tw of th gun-boats, aad thee will have to sumader wllb tbafcri. .'' i I in tend to folleW np my suseses and pueh for New QrltDM and thia eome dowa aad attend ta th forte, o y hold lhm in s(W ouo nnlil I come baok. ' I think If yon tend a flag of truce ad demand: their urnnder they will yield, for their iatoneuree wllh th olty i cut off. Wc hav oat ta win above she Quarantine end n aew goiag ahead.! I took 800 or 400 prle-oneie at QoaraUna, . TKsy enrrsndsred, tnd I panted them net to- tab up arms again. I ceuld not etop ta take can of them. IflhtGen- J4j,il-;i al v. -v . a x. :w t . ww : v; t-T i -' NUAiBKK 269,. ifc'l i. i.r: I oral will ocm up to the bayou and land row lmsa, aa naaay aeaa pUaaec, he wilt lad two or three gunboat Lhre Lo piojsel Wmstrasji tha gunboats that an at tha forts. L, .wish to get ia ma cDgusa mru, woere iney csy ussy nave not placed battery yet, 1nt hav tw "kbov laara ew vrieana. TMywiJlWMt -, nd neither will L ' You cappcrled am! nooiy. vary iruiy your, , , U. O. rABBiOUT - m. . , . "V'?fr.m ro"6r 7 OUIIbb. 1 1 : ,;f ! i, ima, . t 'aluj ilul..i Tblt dispatch, was broushl. to Cans. Paitaa Ibia afternoon by CapLain Bat-as. lata command. w. v. .u. . uuui, luiat Tinii was auna in tne action. From ,Cspt. Bogg I "obtained tomt further informetlon. He slate that befor the Verona aank, iht deetroved alsaa alx af lha rouui aiaaiusra, oi wnion na laaraad ma naanaa of four, via : The William H. Webb, Palmetto, Phenlx and Jackson. As he' passed the forte, iapmin ooan, il wen aa ail tla other aaaala. received their fin. - Tba Richmond, and one or two more oi ins irga suam sloops, lw4doan and pound (brae or four , broadsides into the eoemy. ' The Verona did not wait after' dellv erlng two broadside, tut paased dinitly ao lata a hornet's nest of nbol gunboat which wara a mile ar two above. : She wa assailed by thsce two or three at a timt, in Tam?fashlaa butting at her Uh tber Iran cased prows, and levtral large bolea were made la bar. ' A long bi vesssl noated Capt. Boggt fought gallantly with bla gum, and drove tha anamy' aleemen aanore,wnere tney wera nred by their own praw. uoeor me veron s, (hots disabled still anolbtr steamer by making a hoi in ber;boller, and thla vessel eurrendend to Ihe One J la, who took her ofiioen ind orw prisoners. .. The Voroaa'a last gum wen firad when her decks were - under water, and no clolhios or other pronertv was savsa ny a soul on ooarj. -jaerc were three or th Verona's crew killed la Ihe lotion, and lev en wounded, two of whom ara not cxpeoted to urvivt tneir injuries. Including the ram. there were eleven of the nbel ateamera destroy- ed, and the captain of the ram la a prisoner on uoara tna misaiBaippi. . , After the fight the whole iquadron repaired lo the Quarantine anchorage, whioh is seven miles above to, forls, There Ike. dead were buried. and tba wounded , made-a comfortable as ciroumstanos would permit.--Ths number of our killed and wounded is estimated by -Capt. Boggs at about 125, and eeventee of the be longed to tne nioamond. Me thiass that th loss on lha aid of lb rebeli wat enermons. Tbe chain) oable whioh- wen fastened oa tae outside of .onr vowels proved an. admirable .protection to thtll machinery, aa. in every case wnert tne inot strucx inea ujoounded oit without penetrating. A gnat deal of damage waa done to ut by tht floating dock of tha rebels, to whioh I have before adverted; and although many broidsidcg wsn discharged at it, they had no etreot whatever npon Hi Inn sides. At Quarantine Station our cauldron found a large quantity of coal, tufEolen! for their us for a long tiros. All the vessel, lave two gunboats, started for New Orlcani at 12 p'olook, al wnicn nour tney nad repaired damages and made themselvei nadyfor another encounter, "Captain Boggs camt down from iht eauadron in a small boat, having plotted his way through a bayou out of tbi river, and pulling along Back Bay, In the rear of Fort St. Phillip. He was guided by a soldier whom he took prisoner and was twenty six hours making: thi passage. Thia soldier, like almost all who hava been taken prisoners, laid tbat he had been forced to enlist. He does not believe that there are any batteries above the ford to impede the procresi of our fleet to New Orleans. Above the oity, at Lafayette, it a heavy battery on tht river, to prevent Com. Foote coming down. ' ttavmg related all tbat l have heard of onr movements above tbe forts, I must now return to what occurred below before tbe fleet started. Thi;, however, is one of the casus in which It li exoosable lo begin a story at the wrong end.1 Tbe mortar fleet, worn out by unoeaeme toil, had heen greatly dissatisfied for the last day or two, because the large vessels took no part in the action. The men were completely jaded with their labors, without reoeiving much in-oouragenuut as to the advantage which had resulted therefrom. It waa really a pitiful light to go on board the sohoonen and look at them. I have eoen them, when relieved from duty. b exhausted that they did nut attempt to go below, ' but, dropping upon the deck, leek sleep amid ine internal am oi me nrtng.' . - At each disohargs tbe vessels shivered and vibrated as if oach plank and timber were hung upon hinges, making everything mova ble uance ana cianer, mc lateral ooncualon or the atinoBphero being forcibly enough to shatter, as it diJ, bulwarks and other light woodwork, and striking upon the tympanum wllh a pain ful ring, proauouve of neaaacne and deafness. It required heroes to endure thislong-continued strain upon the physioal organization, and as inch I ahall always look upon these mortar-men. I verily believe tbat if tha forte could not have been reduced except through Ibeir agency, tnat every man would nave continued at bis post unmtirniuringly, bnt it was tantalising to sec Ihoee large vessel quistly al anch or, when it was plain to understand that they must eventually take part in the oonftiot. 1 There seemed to bs no exouse for the delay. The chain barrier had been cut three nights before, and tbe old butts whioh supported It were trailing along the river bank, when the lide had swept thorn. When' it beoamo known positively on Wednesday night tbat Commodore Farrsgut would certainly move his quarters at 2 o'clock the next morning, every body was made happy, and the wearied maa looked eagerly for tbe moment which wai to bring them relief. Tbe night waa calm and alarlighl; the atrtn-ity of tbt scene being rudely broken upon tv cry ten minutes by lbs bang ot a mortar from eaoh of the vessele of the division cn watob, whioh awakened echoes and rolled Ihe sound in reverberating wavee far down the river. Tbe rebeli all i day bad preserved an ominous si-lenoe. Not a single gun had besn find from sither fort, and the faot argued that they had either evacuated their position, or won reserving their ammunition ;ln anticipation of the grand attack. Precisely at two o'clock (wo aignal lanterns wen hoisted upon the Hartford's misien peak, and In a few moment the voioea of the boatswains rang ; dearly over tbe river, " Up all Hammocks," wbioh meant that the men were to forego their Bleep and get Ihe ships under wtigh. Then wae soma delay in getting up anchon, and ranging inlo position, and it waa not until 8J o'clock lhat the vessels btgan to mova, whioh they did in three divisions. Aa toon as ths vessels got nnder headway a furioue fin was thrown in the direction of th fort from th whole line of mortar vessel. whioh teemed lo ehtkt Iht vtry wattn, and at timet l oouid count nine nombi at once in their flight aa they twinkled through tht air, radiantly as falling stars. Th nbsli seemed oca-- nisant of our eomiac, for the foremost of tha fltat bad soaroely got abreast of tbt line of fir rrom tnt fort was signal rocxtu were mad from 81. Philip, nd ihot began to fall rapidly neon them.-' For a time ' then was bo renlv. but soon we could bear Ih noiil of tht broad, sides, - whioh sounded, in comparison to the bombs, like pack ot Chinese fire-oraoktri let off together. I had aot a boat'i onw, aad ventured albn th river bank ai ntar ta tha forte aa wa pro- dent, in oroer to get a fair ngnt or tat ongage-menl; but I could make cut nothing distinctly. Bnad flashes of light momentarily ' bum throuih banks or oionds on the horiion. which resembled sheet of lightning oa sultry day. A nn ran oast a surra giara near xori Bt.-fbtlip, and far half an hour the din wai terrible. Pan demonium could scarcely be mora awa-lnanlr. Ing. At the end cf that lima it began to grow lighter, and I eoon saw tba Harriet Lane, with Cant. Portsr. and all tha veesela cf Ma Dlviainn ooming rapidly down th river. ' Behind them Were the (unboata Kaaaat... Winona and Itaaoa, wbioh bad been nnabl to pass beyond ne lorti. The Itasca at tba time was under a snoweror saeil rrom Fort Bt. Philip I afterward ascertained that when she waa hi. reotly under th guns of the fort a shot passed through her boiler, and tbil nndercd her unable to prceeed. On her way down ihs waa exnoaed to a raking fin, and received thirteen shota below her water Una, Singularly enough only two men wvrv iDjurvu oa ovarii u ner. . It wat now about 8 o'olock, aad tht mortara which bad keptnp their tn Incessantly, ware signalised to cease. Thia a nporl wa epraad lhat the larger part of thi iqnadron bad passed beyond thi forts, and ehaera npon okttre of sx- nitation mane ua weixin nn. Between eix and levoa 'clock. I went" on board the Owasoo, with Oaptala Gueet, wbo had been commissioned by Captain Porter lo go witn a nag oi trace np to uie font and demand their unconditional surrender. We approached fort St. Philip within a mile, when w wera fired upon rapidly five time. I confess that I bad anticipated aumethlni of this tort, aad waa not, Ihenfon, nnpnpand. W Immediately namea aown our nag or iruoc, niurntd, out in half an hour afterward a rig csmt down from lb nbel fori, flying th rtbel flag astern, aad .. .. .!!.; i c. ; .'O I wall flag In tba bow, and aaalrrfa anal. young ma with busby hair, la lb dalforrn ooai 01 a nm uouiauaai of arsUiery, vita ar tomewlat leely oa and naataiaeaa at aa.raa oordurov.' Capt. Ousel went lo meat car viai-or, and their conference lasted a few aslant. The anw of tbo nbol boat wa of mora snoilv appearance tba I caa describe. Tbeir sloths sra soiled aad raned. - One won a nd ahlrl. one a white, and lha albar two a-rev ablrla. ' Ons bad black ilouohed bal, aad tba albert violet-colored military cam. Wa waited after thi rtbtli win! back to tba fort nntil tbey earn heck with an answer to our demand for cur- nadsr. On ramming, 'tbs nbel wa iavltad oa board the Owaaeo. and dallvarad bla auui lhara Of coarac be wa- th cynosure of all ay, and hi appeared ta ba wraatl abaahul at tha naal. lion In whioh ba found blmaelf. He brought Word that Colonel Hbra-lnaan. tha aammaalla ?f ?4r.' '"ft eensldend our term wholly Ii.ji:i.i. " i .TV. .. . . .. w.nimiuii, auu met mt rori woum never render. Hi also offend a anolocVia behalf I . LI- tr - . ' " " I bhkvi awa vauvvs Uw Hr IU U)Ve tSV la AT (of truoa aaanriaa- tu that It k. i.T I take the color of tha fla h.tln. ha.. i.ji. j "oguieunuie. nnen ma young Uenlcaant, j whose name, I believe, it Ktnntdy, of tbt Pint Louisiana Ariillary, left lb veeeel, he allowed I bit boat to dron doai a aoaaMarahla ai.. I into our lines, nralandiaa that h a maa wan unable lo row against lb current. Undoubted. 1 ly bii object waa lo make a reconnoiaaano of ou faroea aad a anna aa h a ahrawilnaaa I observed w ran toward blm. Capl. Guaat to marksd, "I must gin yen a low," aad, paaaing I a rope lo tba boat, w aooa lock bla aaarly aa to Iht fort. la Ibia way wa observed as much as he, ihe river being atrewed with wreck of ttssmtr and half eoaiumed fire-rafts. It waa not long after tht rebel antwtr bad been re-tuned to Capt. Porter, before tha bombi wara" again fowling in tb dinolion of th fort, aad Ih firing wss oontiaacd nntil lb mortar fleet waa ordered down the mar. The casualties In tha mortar fleet durlnc this aicKt havs bttn remarkably few; one killed and aix .wounded, severs all. Oa of - th echeeaen, the Maria J, Carlton, waa sunk by a ronnd. shot (ha second day of lha bombardmaar, bud nobody waa harl. - Her eosameadet', Oapt. deck, i a lucky ma, bnt apparently aoarawhat unfortunate' durlnc hii aoaacotloa with ta navy., ma vessel, wai dismasted on Hetterae on hsr voyags out from New York; at Pilot lawn hie boat wa oapslsed and he was nearly drowaed, and thaa hia vessel waa sunk at bar anchorage, Capt, Jaek'a temper is alaatio, however, and he don't eeem to oan abont thete things. Since be has lost hii command be baa displayed a greet deal of energy In nndering aseietanoe whenver bit itrviott wsn needed - We have bad more collisions among lha gunboats Ihe paet few days than I oould count on the endi of my fingeri. Thi Sciota and Miami have eaoh loit a mail, and anohon, boata and bulwark bavi btm rendered toaroe generally. Than misfortune! an of a minor sort, and endue almost entirely to th .hatardou navigation, in strong tideaway, among ao vaal a fleet. As far as losing tbt masts Is concerned, tbat makes no very great difference, for nearly all gunboati have been deprived of Ibeir spars oa purpose io ordsr tbat they may not prove ao good a mark to lira at. These cunboat all look alike, appanntly having been caat ia th came mold. The better to distinguish, large numbers ara painted in whit on their smoks-staoks, thus: 1, Soiota; 2, Winona; 8, Kinao; 4, nissamcon; , K.ennebec; B, rinola; 7, itaaoa; 8, Kalahdin; 9, Cayuga. The sloop Oneida. Captain Lee. ba had com rough experiences. On the eecond day cf ta bombardment ebe wat struck on tht starboard aide forward by a aolid 32-pounder, which lodged Into her water ways, whan it i firmly imbedded. The tame day 10 inch tolld (hot truok her in Ibe after pivot port, carrying away the itanchiohs, injuring tbt after pivot oarriage, and, bounding along the deck, itrioutly injund nine meo; : .-..- Both forte an built of brick. Th gun of Fort Jackson ara twenty-five feet above lb level of the river, and those of St. Phillip nineteen feet. Tbe guns of Ihe outer batteries of noca forts ' an fourteen feet above the river. Wnen tbe rebels look possession of theea fort then were only thirtv-six auna mounted, none of whioh were larger oaliber than 32-pounders. All the oarriagsi wera poor. The plane for completing these forti wen stolen from the Custom House at New Orleans, just after tha rebellion broke out, and tha works wera finished in ac-oordanoe with the original intention. From center to oenler of the forti Ihe distance ii three quartan of a mile, and thirivtr bttwttn thtm half a milt in width. Johnson K. Duncan, who commanded these strongholds, was born in Psnnsylvania, and appointed to the Military Aoademy at Weat Point, from Ohio.- He graduated in 1849, fourth in bis class. -: He wai appointed lo the artillery eorpi and stationed at Eaatport, Me., afterward in Texas. Ile received bis commission, and accepted a 'position as Chief of Artillery, in Wall a liberating army in Northern Mexico. Afterward became connected with Meier-Gener al G. W. Smith, of the rebel army, ax-Btraet Commissioner of Now York, and Brigadier-General Mansfield Lovell, alio rebel, in Quit man i fillibniterlng expedition. Nexthobooame smiths clerk during hie superintendence of lha Marine Hospital at New Orleans, and when Smith vaoated the office, he euooeeded him. In 1858, when New Orleant attempted to reform hex municipal affairs by establishing a Vigil-anna. Committee, Dunoan waa ohoaeu leader of the organisation. Subsequently, hi waa appointed Stale Kngineer of Louieiana, and a beld tbli position up to Ihe time when ht so- oepted hi General's commission. " TBE two lost ships. Our inaval lose at the battle on the Lower Mississippi was but two boats, th Vsroaa aad Maria J. Carlton. 9 13a". No. 85 Soulk High Street, (i.UIBIOA BOTCL BCiLDraa,) WaoLBtaa ao Bavin, Dial is URDQB, MEDICINES CHEMICALS, i- Pairs, Oils, Bra Bmrre, PERFUMERY. AND FANCY ARTICLKS. (. U: i :it (;: . Poat Licjvob toa Mxnioixii. Fuarom. Thankful lor put favore, I raepactnilly sollolt a share of onr former patronag ooCi delivers to any part of the otty lea of ehariai Cwao-dly - BOCOBSOB 0 I B ft' t i Robert 8 & Samuel, N. 24 North High Street, -i ..:-.. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN ,i; ;,'":;:."';,. ' . ' ' ' MsbioiiEi, Cbkbioals, Dts-Btoh, . PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES . i,.,, Wibpow Galas n Oiisswisa, PERFUMERY.. 4c, ate. t&-Ptyricimf iVsscrejoa4 esriuliy pounded at all Aours. suss ' Medical. JMPOBTANT TO LAMBS. , , 'Da. Jona BTAavtr, having Iter cpwerde ef twrnty years tat ot4 hii profeailonal tine azolnilvely to tba treatment if fKHALB IHrrOOLTlIS, and harlnf moModeC In IhonMDils of caaea In Tefltorlng the efBletad to sunn Willi, haa now entire oooflJenca tn onVrlna Dnbllol his 'GREAT AMERICAN REMEDY," 1H. HARVEY' Lhrono-Thermal Female Pills, i whioh hat never Tt Mind (whi Iba Clnetlcna hare been itrlctly followed,) In removing - . .. , dlfBcalttee arlilna from Obstruction, er Stoppage- of Nature, or la rmtorln the aynMm lo pertoo! health, whan suffer ln from tlplnal Affor.tioni, Prolauiol Uteri, tha Whites, or daa waaknem of tha Uterlaa Organs. Ala, la aH oaamof DebUltr or Nervosa Proetratton, Hriterlos, Pal- Statlons, Ao., c, which an forarannera of mora aerloas -ftmaa. AaT-raiM Mfc mrtttUt kmmim an ! aaa- aVftdfaa, aadmaflelatai taUte mo aVUoaMMviltmilVMl M ,- M an earn time uj aov una a caaaal by atreaxthMiini, Invigorating and restoring the ajatem as e'-aealthy condition, and by hrtvaini on the monthly tart with raxalarlty, ao maltartrom what oaoat thaok- traction may aria. Theyihontd, however, a b lakea Sanaa Hire or aa moats of pnfaaaey, Ihomrh saJeeiaarelhar Urn, as mtaaarrlafo wonld he th rani t. Baehbox arattjae to Pills. Faioa Ons Doiua, aa when deitrad they will be lent by mll pre-palC by any amlbil Aal, oa reotl of Ih moaay. -. . aoia di vnuiaawauy. , a. soiwiAW oo.. i .' : i WheitMi aiula, OlBalaaaM. tin sal by K. Wlhwa, . I. amol aa 0. Bel arts, Colombo. saiMnat . t: . . . u.:t vr.lili I

f i 1 mt flair grol. - HorniDf tnd Afterawa Report LATE HP IWPOETABT HEWS PABTIC'tJfcABSOF THE OCCUr A' 8 E WALL'S POINT ABAKDOKEDI Sklrmltb wllh the" Rebels near Tanner creei . i w Our Force Still Adrnnelnfl- BiiTmon, Mif I12.-Tbe Old Point boat 111 arrlvm, eaa brings im following: Noaroix:, May 10-6 P. M, Ota. Wool hM Juet entered th oitj, la company wlta Major W. W. Lamb aad a oo.ssilte of lb oily government. Too latt of tbe rebel . troona lafi this mornlne-. and tha ellr tu left in oara of Ibt Major, aa tba rapreeeulative of tha oivtl ptwer. Oa iba approach of our troop Ihe Mayor wont wiib a Bag of uno t in 0117 limits, and an arrangement waa aooo nude be tween iba Mayor and Gen. Wool thai tba oily ahoold ba given up oa tha premie of General Wool that private properly ahauld ba respsciad. Diirlnc tba mareh on Norfolk tbrao roiioionlal cavalry camp wara found daiarlad, apparently VA a day or two alnsa. Gen. Weher'i ragltntnl, tha Naw York 20th, advanced on (belauding, to raeonnoilar, and noma alx milta from tha baob,,at tba Half-way Houaa, (to-oalltd) found a plaoa wbioh had been " praparad far a ballle-field; - (rata and bnihoa had baen foiled, and rilia pill built, aad aarly ia tha morning, at waa aaoertaiasd, several guna wara plaood in potitloa at tbit poial. 1 - Boma rioruila of Iba dlat Vlrgioia regiment wara oapturad. They reported Siwall'a Point abandoned oa tha praoeding night by four oompanlaa, wbioh bad garriaoned tha plaoe1 for aoma weak paet. . . A negro waa alio eaptured at Ihle plaoa, who talad that it wai lha lotention of tha enemy to deitroy the bridge over Tanner'a Creek and then evaouat Norfolk. Part of Max Weber'i regiment tu pushed forward on the road to Iba bridge, and tna enemy wai foued about noon, poatad on tha opposite tide of Tanner'i Creak, with three guna..... : -"'-:'" in nridti aad been lit on nra. ana waa ami burning at that time; aoma ilx or light iboti were fired without effect, and our men being beyond muiket range, did not reply. The oreek being about a quarter of a mile wide, our foroei wai withdrawn and atartad on euother road, ooniiderably longer and reported VwaV ,u o defended by a atrong battery. Not the ilightest opposition wai made, how-over, to our adTance, and the fortifications, wbioh were a mile and a half from Norfolk, wara found lo hare been evaeueted after ipik-ing tha gune. Ibey were extensive worki and finely eonetruoled. ( Tbey arrived at Norfolk after a tiresome marob, at 6 o'olook, without firing a gun, and found the whole rebel force gone, the laet leaving tbil morning. r j . 1 Mayor Lamb, with a oommittee of tha olty government, authoriied for tba purpoee, met en. Wool with a 8ig of truoa at lha oily limite, and after a brief oonaultation, tha oity wai sur-Mndered to the 0. 8. forsei. Gin. Wool then proottdtd to the City Hall with the Mayor, followed by a large arowd, whera be limed tba following proclamation: Head Qoibtebs DiFinTHiaTor Vieotnu, Norfolk, May lOih, 1802. Tba City of Norfolk having been lurrendered to tba Government of tba United Statei, mili tary possssslou of the iimi ia taken fn behalf of the national Government by Major General John E. Wool. Brig. Gen. Viela ii appointed Military Governor for tba time being. Ha will aee that all eUiaeni an carefully prolaoted in all their right and elvil privilege!, taking tha utmost oara to preierve order, and to is that no tol-dieri ba permitted to antir Iba olty, except by bii order or by Ibe wrilten permission of the aommanding omoer or bla brigade or regiment; ad ha will puoieh aummarily any American aoldier who ahall treepaei upon tha rigbti of ny of the iuhabitanla. (Signed,) JOHN E. WOOL, Major General. Oen. Viela Immediately appointed Mr. P. D. Davie, bii military secretary. The very first partlea who entered Ibe ally wera newspaper correspondents. General Wool returns to the oamp eulsida of the oity and probably to Fortress Monros tonight.After the departure of General Wool, aereral thoueand persons assembled near the City Hall, ta hear a speech from Mayor Lamb. Tha Mayor earned to be very popular. , He said, in sub-etanoe, thai In bii segoliatlona with Central Wool ha had scoured a pledge for the protection of private properly and Iba safe oontinuance f all private business. The people are in a atata of great axeitement and a atrong polios foree is out to-night. It is hoped no violence will be oommltted, aad oonfi-deaoa in the Government will doubtless soon be established. LATER NoaroLK, May 10 The Navy Yard has been completely destroyed with very a large number of steamboats and olher vesssls. Numerous Union flags an flying in Portsmouth. The place is occupied by the 10th Massachusetts Kegiment. General Viele has established his headquarters io Ibe Custom House formerly oocupied by Gen. Huger. . . i . 1 ' , The national flag was raised for the first timt thii morning; it waa saluted by tha guard and enthusiastically oheered. The Monitor aad Naugatuok have just arrivad. A number of other vessels from the fleet are al-ao coming up. The night passed quietly. At present everything is perfeotly quiet and order ia entirely restored. All the publio property is ooouplsd. General Wool and Com. Goldsboro have just arrived on the Baltimore, The policy of Ibt authorities here Is to allow averylbing to go on with at little interruption aa possible. A gsueral feeling of oonldenoe seems to pre-val. A Union sentiment begins to show itself. Fifty-two gum were found at Craaey Island this morning by Capt. Case. The following proolamation wai Issued in Norfolk on Monday morning: NoirOLK, May 10. Tha oooupanoy of the olliea of Norfolk and Portsmouth, ia for tbt protection of the publio property and the mainten anca of Ibe publio lawa of tha United States. Private association! and domtstioquitt will not be'disturbsd; but violationi of order and die-rstpeot lo tbt Government will be followed by the immediate arrest of the offenders. Those who have left their bomea under antioipation of eate of vandalism, may be aaaund that tha Government allowi no man tba honor of eerving In it armies who forgets the duties of a citisen, in discharging those of a soldier; and that no individual rights will ba interfered with. Tba aale of liquor ii prohibited. (Signed) EGBERT L. VIELE, Brig. Geneial U. 8., and Military Governor. LATEST FROM THE WAR I , SEAT OF OCR ARMY . ADVANCING, t Large Supply of drain Captured, TWO AMD 1 HALS MlLES VEOM KlST C. H., vombeblimd, VI , Sunday Morning, May II. A company of lbs 8tb Cavalry paased on laat night lo Wbitehousa, fivemlleafrom ben, on the rarmunbey Hirer, better Known as tba Uurtts aaiata, owned by a ion of Gen. Robert E. Let Tha company secured 7,0J0 buehele of wheat and 4,000 buihele of corn. - Tha rebeli bid burnsd Ihs railroad bridge and torn up tha road for aoma diilanoa towards Riohmond. Tbi dittanoi from Wbilshouse to Biobmond is 28 miles. Tha rebels had blookadtd lha river two mllee below here by linking veieele, bnt tbey wara blown np without much trouble. Tba rear guard of tba enemy it at Tanner's Depot, tit milea from Whitahouaa. A oontrahind who left Richmond oa Friday, reports the city full of siok loldieri and lhat tha peopls art Hooking in from lha surround ing oountry. Depredation by Morgan' Cav airy. Louisville, May U. One hundred aidfor-ty-thne of Morgan's cavalry at noon to-day. captured forty-eight freight aid roar pissinger oars and two locomotives at' Cava City, Ey. organ auppoain mat tna train would contain aev of cavalry priaontnaouad northward. 1 Tha operator at Cava City, however, gave otic of these faola to Bawling Greea,iaad stopped Ihs upward (rain., -ii t-, i,, Among tha oaplund t ederali war Majon Hslvstiand Carlo, both of Wolford'a Cavalry, and one other Federal omoer, and thne or four frvtuiajr. Tba Rebela baraed alllhl above oan, inapt two aad a looomcUvc, wbioh brought thi l "- n ijsuiivuia , i.iUv .t Jai-.Uiu'J DAILY VQ.IJMK, XXV,, E.ATE . AND IMPORTANT FBOM WABU1NUTO.V ' . ' :, i I . ; (Spualal to lb. Poat.) WaiHiiaroM. Me 11. Tha committee ap nalnttd bv tha Consreisional oauoua yeeterday had a meeting last night and talked over their programme, and Mr. urittanaea, ins inairman, was rsqussted to draw 10ms resolutions for an adjourned meeting of the committee to-morrow morning at 10 o'olock, Mr. Crittenden givee renewsd assurances lhat their aotioa ic limited to thi soopa of their duties as membert or Con-craaa. that the have no tboughta of organii in or attsmntinc to organise a politioal party: tba ablest ie merely to unit a oonaarvativa strength In Congress against miaobiivtom abo lition ssoession diiis now pauuiog.'. , Tba resolution presented by the eommiltee on Monday night will bs substantially tbest: list That the Conotllution, tha Union and lha Laws of Iht United Btatee muit bi in forotd, and the rebellion against them put down, and that it ia their duty to vote for avary meaiuri necessary ana propsr 10 mat and. 2nd. , That it la tha diotata of policy, aa well aa of hu'maniny, lhat no more war violenoe or injury phall ba inflicted than is absolutely nt-oessary lo auppreai rebellion; , that while no bolw ehonld ba tparad totht rebellion aa long as It u in arms against tne government -we mould nmtmbar that Ibosa angaged in It Cava been our fellow-oltitens. and that they aad their de scendants must again make and partake of a common deetlny. ! Ird. J bat btatee are component and essen tial naifanf lha llninn. hnnnrf tnvathar bv tha ConetilulFon; that rebels cannot direct Stataa of inair powera a auon parti or tna union; aad though they may obstruot for a time thsen- joiment of then rights and powers, upon tbt re moval 01 tnc ooatruoiion, by tne aupprenion or tne rebellion, ibe stales muit revtrt to tntir original rigbta and relation, and it remain aa long as tba Uonatltutlon or tnc united states, wbioh binds them into one government, shall endure. ' - etc. That while condign puniehment should be viilled oa leading rebels to mark and sue matise their deteatible orime, the masses of the people of lha Beoeded Btaiea are not equal offender! and deierv Immediate amnesty on abandoning their opposition to Iht Goyermenl. Otn. ' That on tbsse principles Ibe general Confiscation and Emanoipation bill pending before Contress; are uncolilio. unconstitutional and highly dangerous to tba -future peaoe of the oountry, and ahould not beoome laws. oib. mat iba members of congress uniting in iht expression of these sentiments, while not all fully - endorsing everything that President Lincoln haa done, do nevertheless, havs an abiding eonfldenoe in bis honesty, patriotism and desire to preserve the constitutional right! of the Static. The resolutions may vary n little - from these, but not materially. Vallandigham did not attend the meeting at alii . , ,' Tribuue Correspondence It ie believed lhat General Wool will be im mediately made a full Major-GeneraL Tha Norfolk Navy Yard will bi officered immtdiati- Washikotok, May 10. Gen. Butler baa for warded to the War Department, among other trophies, tbt rtbel morning report of the force at Fort Jackson. From this it appear! the aggregate number in Ibe fort during the fight was 787. A sort of diary waa kept, under the head of remarki. Tbi great preoieion of the fire from the mortar boate ia oomplimenled. On the 27th of April five Federal gunboats are report-ad lying near Quarantine flying flagi of truce, At twelve o'olook at night tha majority of the gairitoa deserted. The date of the 28th ii recorded, but no entry was made. WisHiHOTOH, May 11. Eeoretary Wellea has aant n official letter to Com. Farragul, speaking iu terms of high praiee of hia aervioes, and oomplimeniing omoert and men for their gallant conduct, laying that tbey deserve the thanks of their country. Hon. Bamuel Vinton, from Ohio, died here this afternoon, after a brief illness, of eryaipe-laa. Hebae been for many years a represent ative In Cougreec, aud ncently wai appointed one of the Commissioner! under the Distriot of Columbia Emanoipation Aot. Harry A. Stewart, son or Mr. Stewart ot Baltimore, and a prisoner in the old Capital, wblle attempting to recaps tc-day, was ibot by the sentry and died from the effect! of .his wound. .... j . w .. .... From San Francisco. 8 FatKCCsco, May 10 The steamers Brat- ler, Jonathan, Oregon and Panama, have arrived from Oregon aud British Columbia within two days, bringing $220,000 in treasure, and dates to 6ih and 7ch. r ; ; Portland and Viotoria wtre orowded with itrangeri just arrivad from California on their way to me mines. Flour of all kinds and provisions are worth enormous prices. . ;, uoid was uaiitvta io ot anunaant over a great exlent of the oountry. - - . 'ibe uritisu uoiumbla minlns season ti open ing unusually early. . . . Miners wera rushing to Calboo .factor thau needed supplies could bs sent. Keren hundred and arty people have left Ban Frtuoisoo Ibis week, by the only steamers lhat sailed for Oregon and Columbia. The emigration in that dinolion fully squals tha meant of transportation, and will doubtless inersass for week! to come. , . Private correipondence per Phantom from Hong Kong, ;dated March Slat, taya that a reeounoisance parly arrived on the 20th inet, from Ban Franoisoo, bringing dalss from the Atlantic Slates to Feb. 6 h. Our laet advices per mail via. Suet, wtre Jan uary 80th. In future we shall depend on ves sels rrom your fort ror me lataal home news. at tbe laat steamer from Shanghai we were advioed of the orgenitatlon of a ileam navigation oompany on Ibe Yang-Vet Kiang, with a capital of cue million five hundred thousand dollars. - ' ' m i. i i ;.t, LATEST FROM PITTSBCRO LANDINO! , , ., Oen. Pope Ha a Sklrmil( With a Superior Force of Rebels I .ui ' - - PmsBuia LiNDisra, May 11. The following icreoeived: , - , ' Head-Qoabties Ami,' Miisisnrpt, Near Farmington, May 9.-6 P. M. TuMqj. Qtn. BalUek : , : ' Tha enemy, 20,000 strong, drove in our pick- e'e beyond Farmington, and advanoed ageinat tba brigade, occupying the further ildc of tbt creek in front of my oamp. Tba brigade held on for five houra, until finding themelvei heavily pressed in front and on the flank, and that I oould not sustain them without paaaing aver the oreek with my wbolt font, whioh waa contrary to your orderi, and would bav drawn on a general engagement withdrew to this side in good order. v- k-j.v n. ' t The eondnot of tha troope wa excellent, and tha withdrawal made by tbem wai very reluo- tant. The anamy made a demoneiratioa to croes, but abandoned tht movement. Our loss ii considerable, though we oannot yet tell how great. The enemy being maoh tx-erolsed. tufftnd very severely; the enemy's batteries being completely disabled, and his infantry line driven book itvcral timet by my oommand, eager tor advanoc. (BlgnidJ . JOHN POPE, T . Major-General Farmington la five milea northweet of Cor- intb. Tbe only foreee engaged were rtummer s and roluaa brigades. The weather warm and pleaat, ' All quiet in front; the enemy having retreat ed. ' ! , I"'- ' Re-arrest of Mr. Ilartung. Aleaxt, May 11 Mary Hartung, oonvioted come vearu aince of the murder of her huiband, reltaitd from prison lsal December by order of Judge Wright, baa bttn re-arrested on a bench warrant, Issued on application of tht Distriot Attornsy. ,'U,v r . The Bnpraa Court, general term, an Saturday, derided that Judge Wright' disoharge waa erroneous, and ordered Mn. Hartung to be kept in priton for new trial. - The Loss of the 6th Michigan at tne Mamie oi Williamsburg. PilAOELrA. May 11 Tba 6th Mioblgan regiment at tha battle of Williamsburg, had 20 killed and 116 wounded. .Among the killed it lilcut jaa. A. uunniug of U0mpany; o. ( Charge of Dronktaes agalmt Oen. Smith Unfounded. WASBtsotoay Hay 10. Tha Military Ocm. mittae rtturnsd to-day from Yorklown. It la understood thsy an satisfied that tha charge af trnnknssi against Gsn. Smith, is untrue, ,. , ..v w jj rx;...tmiwsM OHIO COLUMBUS.' OHIO. TUES DAY ORMiNCT, MAX'W ,1862 LATEST FROM FREDERICKS 1 a :- BVRC1. ,;.J j. ,.v.. 0 : 1 .1 . ,., ... '.. , -. The Rebel In a Tight Place. FRXDiaicKinoBo, V.. May 10. Three rebel dsssrtsrs oama in to-dai: thev confirm the lUte- ment you have already neeived relative lo the rebel force. Tbey lay that tbi rebel! iataad to give us battle wbeu we eroof ma river, dui u is not probable that they know the General! plans. Tha rebel force between here and Riohmond seems to have placed iteelf in rather aa un pleasant position: MoClellaa in their rear, Banka-pushing from tha valley of tba Bheaan- uoan and our column inreateaing an aavanoa-tberc items nothing left them but turrtndr or ignominious ueatn in tne last aitcn. A Union sentiment is growing in this nslgh-borhood. but so faintly al to require careful nureing. . :., . ' , . , - Tba t rederiokeburg malls are running. . i Latest from the Mountain De- . partment. ' , BALTiMoaa. May 11, The reported oaplure of Arnoldsburg by ths rebeli, . ii oontradiottd. Their lubssquent dsfeat ii authentically reported by Gen. Keller. , . '. v. - . i The telegraph line to Bonenot a mviaioa is out. Nsws baa arrived that our force! arc al Franklin, and tha armiei of General! Fremont and Schenok have tavtd Cen. Milroy's. ,, ' Skirmish with Rebel. UdoETEBET, Tim., May 10. Deserters from a Louisiana regiment whs win in a skirmish yesterday, have just arrived. Tbe fore waa 36,000 strong under Bragg, Van Dorn,Hai dee and Price, with su pieoet or artillery. Tiieir purpose was lo overwhelm and drive our left wlug to the Tennessee river.' Their toss waa vary heavy, both ia offioera and man. . Our lost Is 80 kills! and about 70 wounded. All quiet In front. Weather clear and plea sant. Tbs army la pushing ahead slowly '' Railroad Accident. Immianapolii, May llth. A special train which left here laat night, with Gov. Morion, Gen. Nohle, and Prof. Fletcher, superintendent of public instructions, and aurgeona and sanitary stores for Pittsburg Landing, collided with a freight oar, atanding on the track al Sulll van, Indiana, instantly killing Prof. Fletoher. No others tojund. , '. From' Pittsburg Landtag Our Force Reconnolssance Are Surrounded, but cut their way iuruuu sue tteocis. Caibo, May 11. The steamer Courier and City of Alton arrived ibis afternoon from Pitts burg Landing with newa to noon Saturday, up lo whioh lime no gsntral engagement had taken place. On Thursday tbe 2d Battalion. 7th Illinois Cavalry, under oommand of Major Applinglon, accompanied Gsn. Paine' from Farmington on a reeonnoissance to the enemy's position. When about two miles out, scouts, who had been aent io advanoe, came baok and reported a foroe of rebel infantry in ambush in tha woodt on both sidsaofthe road leading' from Farmington to Corinth. After consultation the Federal foroo advanced for the purpose of .asosrtaining the rebel strength, and were surrounded, but out tusir way through the rabsli who had formed no tna roao and made tneir way oaoc io camp, bringing off the body of a Major who waa killed and cur wounded. A deserter who came in aubaequenlly says tht rebels loet nineteen killed, wounded and missing, of whom a Lieutenant Colonel and Captain were killed.' Un .Friday Ibe rebel General Brags a Di vision attacked Gen. Paine iuhis position, two milec beyond Farmington, and a sharp engagement followed, our men fighting bravely, making several bayonet oharges on the enemy, who were repulssd with great daughter. Large re-inforoemenle of rebels having arrived, our troops retired to Farmington. Wc lost nearly two hundred killed, wounded and prisoners. No particulars received. CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. A SIX DAYS' BOMBARDMENT. Five - Sloops of War and Nine Ounboats Run the Oauntlet of the Portal Desperate Combat Between the Ounboats Verona and Webster. . How the Chain Cables and Fire Raits were Disposed of. The Ram Manassas Demolished .by the Frigate Mississippi. ELEVEN REBEL GUN-MOATS DESTROYED. ( 7orreiiondaiice of tie Kw Turk Times.) ' Misiissirri Bivib, Friday, April 18. When I came here, more than a month ago, then were only five gunboati and two iloops- of-War. in lbs river. Our control then ended at the bead of tbe resets, and above tbat poiot tbe enemy held undisputed eway. Uut as, day by day, our vessel arrived from the North, we wreeted dominion rrom tne reoeu, and, use an army in the field, aa our gnnboala extended our pioket lines, there wss a gradual advance of the main oouy or tne neet. rne move rorwaro waa managed, however, with caution, In order thai the caemy ahould obtain no information concerning our strength. i There have been many exciting incidents connected with our movement!. Every day onr gun-boats have had skirmishes with the forls and tba armed steamers of tha enemy. In these enoountcra no injury nai' resulted to ue, but our metal haa aeveral limes carried destruo tion with It, at leael our lookout! hav io re ported. ..!.-: After the firing waa over the other day,' il wae neorssary for Mr. Hills and myself to return to the mortar fleet, whioh waa four' miles down ths river. On our trip wc fell In with the wreok of an Immense raft, oonslructed of logs, wbioh had probably been intended by the rebels aa a fin rati, but bad broken adrift. - It had grounded near tba baak of the river, and the day before an experiment had been tried wpon it with torpedoeeor petards, wader the direction of Mr. Julius Krahl, the well known submarins operator, wbo li here to blow up the obatruo tioni with whiou too noeii may eeex to bar our advanoe. In thi particular experiment Mr. Krahl oama withla an aoa of being "hoisted with his own petard," and also tha party which accompanied him, among whom waa Uaptain Porter. A charge or totrty pound we used, the axnloaion tearing the lose apart and throw ing them high in the air. Bom of the pieoss of timber fell beyond the boat, passing ovar the heada of the party. The terrible foroe of Mr. Krahl' petard aetdi ao better exempllnoa- tion. : f -... . j ; i. ' K,.-e-r Yeeterday morntrg the mortar fleet was all ordered un the river, a Stiff southeast wind af fording the sailing vssssls an opportunity to come np without, the aid of towbeati, end the entire equadron ie now at anchor, exoeptlng three of the mortar lonaoners, on to waai aborc tha advanoed vessele probably mile distant from Ibe sharp bend ia the river, directly above whioh the enemy haa stntoked chain barrier, supported npon hulk. 1 Th veeeelt arc ar ranged in parauer noes, un ins onmiaa an lha frlgatee and gunboats, and Ineids, lltcnlly moored to the stamp and margin of tha stnam, are the mortar sohoonsrs. ' " , Tha mortar schooners al best afford a mull target for the enemy to fin al, but th ohanoei of itriklng tbem an ttili further deonaccd by th loretn cf woode whioh hides tht hull completely from the forli. Still further to conceal tbem from obtervttlon, their mast hav been dressed with evergreens. 'All yesterday afternoon the sailors were busy In the tangled ohap. para), cutijog the branches and limb of the treee for Ibis purpose. It wai great fiin fqr the tan, who fell ao fean, In thi glow of Ihtlr ex-oitemcnt, at disturbing tha rattlesnake! and alligatora whioh - Infest (h mere.- Jmajlos tbi pleasantly ' peculiar appearance of the achoancri in their leafy dnnss. gishtean of Lharn converted lata shedy tawer.- Atnalaahad to tscb masthead,', intertwining it branohaf, and bough! beneath, laced to tbt . rigging cn tithtr side, Jutting rsfnsbing shads, 'bay look prepared for a festival instead of for war. It is Mar-day, Palm Sunday and Chrlstmai time exaggerated; "Burnam woods com to Dun-ainanei" a "forest of masts," with th adjanola of bnnohes and leaves, " " Three of the morler sohoonin an ttalioned on -tba east bank of tha river in a position when thsy. oan'- heat operalt ' upon Fort 81. Philip. ' Than hav bet dlifolnd dllfsrntly. A covering of foliage would only render them the mora eonaplououa a target, r Bui Yankee ingenuity ha been sxsrclssd, and tha read! and oanebraku hav baen compelled to render their assistants. Ih hulls cf thsst vtsssli art coy. .'it ;'f 1 urid --Va. ty""'"' STATE : JOURNAL. sred with him wall of adnatic growth, aa cfadjtal are thui mad lo eeslmllale in color to the veg etation of tbe marsh. I Imsitat that tne reoeu will be pukiled, If Ibe atmosphere ahoifld'be hsiy, io decide whether the vessels lit on the hither or runner lias or tns-smansinp or rano which separatee tha wetaw ofSe Mississippi from thoic of Bltok Bay. A-; Early in thi morning isrfacjunboet, filled with oordi of pine wood wai set an fn aad sent down ths river with the cewfW. As it eami dangerouily near one' or two of tha advanced vessels cf ths fleet, sables wan clipped and there was a season or general excitement, Not knowing the obaraoter of the biasing pile, and suppoaiog that it might contain torpedoes or other infernal oonlrlvances, Captain Hmirh) of the Mieeiesippl, put somertged shot la it. A strsy ball unfortunately sleaok the gunboat Kalahdin, carrying away her cutwater. Bnt as the damage was no won; tyje incident wai looted upon as tommon piac.u Mindful of the mornlna-'s exoerianea with ths raft, Capt Porter ordered all tn boats beloogtag to tbs mortar flotilla lo be fltdd .with grapnsl ropes, lira buokels and axes,- ft preparation for anoinsr, onouia lue enemy cena on aown. in ths evenlnsr, about sunset the boats . wen re viewed. They pulled by the Harriet Lane in smgis line, eaoh omoer in onargc being questioned aa be passed by Commodore Porter aa follows: 'Fire buokels? axes? ' rope?" A re-sponsis "Aye, aye, Sir," and the Commodore direcieu "run around to "lississippi, and return to your vesssls." The Mississippi bslng a quarter of mile ahead, tha me givs way etur-dily, in order to beat tba-rival boat. There w.sre not lee than 160 boats node review, many of thenf teh-oand, and Jae whole icene reminded m more of a grand' sagatta thaf aayioing aiae. ' v An hour after the review.- the men had an opportunity to lest in a praoiloal manner their meana ror destroying nra rans.and Iney proved Ic bs an admirable success. . A turgid column of blaok smoke, arising from resinous wood. was seen approaohlng ut from the vioinity of tnerorta. bignal lights were made, Iba varied oolora of whioh produced a beautiful efl'eot upon the foliage of Ibe river bank, and rendering the darkness inlsnse by oontrast when they disappeared; instantly a hundrsd boat! ihot out toward tbe rittvblob upw was blsslng fiercely, and oasting a wide sons of light upon th water. Two or three of the gunboati the got under weigh and steamed boldly towsrd the unknown thing of terror. One of Ibem, the Westfield, Captain Baoshair, gallantly opens her steam valves, and dashes furiously upon it, making ths sparka fly and limbecs crash with tha foroo of hsr blow. Tbsn a slream of water from her hose plays upon ths biasing mass. Now the email boat! lay alongeide, ooming up belter, skelter, and aotirsly employing their men.. We sse everything distinctly in the broad glarcr- men, oara, boats, buckets and ropes. Tbe so ens looks phantom-like, supernatural; intensely interesting, extremely exoiting, inextricably confused. But finally tbe obieot is noblv accom plished. The raft, yet fieroely burning, ie taken out of range of tbe anchored vessels and towed ashore, where it is slowly consumsd As ths boats return thsy art oheered by the fleet, and thisosnt ohanges to one of darkness and repose, broken occasionally by tba gruff nan or a seaman when a boat, aent on business from one vessel to anothes. passes throutrh the fleet. We have a oonlempt for fire rafis. They hare proved, like maby other things, "weak inventions of the enemy." Wednesdsy, April 23 The siege of Forts Jaokson and St Philip has been in progress slmost uninterruptedly during the psst six days and five nightt, and still they are not reduoed. I will premiss with ths statement that to-dav the 23d day of April will henceforth be re membered as me date or one of the most des perate of naval battles. At three o'olook in the morning the greater part of Oommodore Farra-gul's squadron, oonsisling of five sloops of-war and nine gunboats, suooessively passed up the river, running through a rearmi fire, and are oow above tbe forts. The mortar flotilla and eight armed iieamers are still below the enemy, who is thus pUoed betwoou two fires, with his supplies from New Orleans out off, and render ing nis surrender a mere question or time. Of the damage that has resulted to either side, I have at nreaent littla knowlaJffa. Fmm mo nn. silion with Ibe mortar vessels I oan sse the masts of our fleet, apparently three or four miles be yond me rorts, and tha flag or Ibe Union is fly-log from tha top of every spar. Tba burning hulls of three rebel ileauiers'have naBsed by us down the river, and lhat famous bug-bear, the ram Manassas, is uestroyeo. i saw It sinking, a burning wreck, Its two smoke etaoks tottering, its cylindrioal aides pieroed with yawning holei made by rifled shot; and in Ihs oabin where I now am writing is a log-slate, taken from her deck just before ebe sank by Mr. George W. Sumner, tne executive umceror tuts vessel. Although the loee of tba rebels oould not have been otherwise than severe, they refuse to surrender. Communication has been had with them by meaus of a flag of truce, when Captain Porter demanded lhat they should yield thsm-sslves up unconditionally. Tbeir reply was that the terms were inadmissible, and uutil the last man foil thoy should tight. , In another plaoe I shall write fully of today's proceedings, and will now enter upon a description of ths bombardment by the mortar-scbooners and ths scenes and Incidents attendant thereupon. Fire wag opened on tbe morning of Good Friday, April 18. At an early hour tbt twenty bomb vessels were towed by the sleameri Weel field, Clifton and Miami to the positions whioh had been eeleoted for them. Fourteen of the sohoonen were moored to the weelern side cf the river, closs lo Ihe bank, where Ibey were hidden by Ihe trees from the enemy'i observation, and the remaining alx, instead of tbne only aa wai at first intended, were plaoed in a more exposed condition on tht opposite tide of tbe itreau. The first sohooner in ths line on the western lide wai stationed a little less than a mile and three-quarters from Fort Jackson, and the thirteen others lay astern of her, with the bowsprit of eaoh overlapping the taffrail of Ihe one immediately in advanoe. Tbe vessels across ths river were in full view of Fort St. Philip, wheno Ibey were dislanl nearly two miles and a half. .. i. . Ths engagement wai opened by Fort Jaokson a few minutes before I) o'olook, and lha gunboat Owasco, wbioh had gone a length or two ahead of tha mortar vessels, waa the first to reply. Pressnily the bomb flotilla commenced throwing its shelle, somewhat slowly at first, but with inenesing rapidity as ths sailors became ao-customsd to their work, until a bomb waa aent from each veeeel, go an average, onoc in five minutes, ii Baton the fight began, I waa luoky enough to obtain a place in tbe forelop of the frigate Miasissippi, when the entire field of strife oould be tsksn at a gianoe. From this point I aaw tba effect of the firing. - There were 79 shots find from tht font during tht first hour and a half, the larger number of whioh oama from Fort Jaokson. Most of tbtm passed ovsrth masts of lb lohooneri on the left, dropping in range of -Ihoee on the olher chore, but from 160 to 200 yrda short, After a while, however.the rebels got the range of these six vesicle accurately, and tht balls fall about them, especially from Fort Philip, terriblythlok aad fast.- In return, tha bombs were direoted splrllsdly upon the fort, and with suob affeot that tha anamy slsoksned bii fin, It i wonderful that our vessels wsn not imaahed to pisoes. -Solid shot struck lbs water olose be-sldt thtm, wtlting tht men with tha ipray, or lodging in tba soft mud nf tbe river bank, directly between the schooners, threw thick col umn or earth high up above tntir meat.-i The danger to which these veesela wen ex-Doted far oul weighed tht advantage which might remit from retaining tht position, and in tbt avtning, Capt. Porlar ordered them to n-trct The next morning they wen towed into tht rear of the line cf veeteli o th left, where tbey remained until the end ef the bombardment. Only three of tbem were etruek, and not aionl wai injured on board of them. Capt. Queen'! vessel, theT. M. Ward, had a large hols made in bir by ten-Inch hall. It entered her starboard quarter, smashing tha cabin, and passing dinotly over the top of the magaiine, through the port aids, into the water. Another ihot entand Ibt dick cf the Adolph . HuieL for ward, and lodged ia the bold, Still another car. tied away tbe outwater of ths Sydney 0. Jonec Bat I am getting in advanot of my story, aad must return to ay maintop far a desnrlptlao of tbe nine, as it appeared iron ui point. That il was (alensely grand and animate' nobody will queitlon. The Hartford, Pensaoola, Blob-moad, Brooklyn and x Miasissippi had oqrqe np does lo th rear IU of tportaf vessels, jut without lb ri of th enemy' inn, and wsn steamlag only tnough lo keep their nlatlve Soittloni against th force of in curreni." a aien smallsr stsam-vessels doited th smooth lurfac at th river, Ilk Ih eheeimea upoa a board when . Iht game il marly flnlcbad. . Of thssscuahoats. ths Qwasoo, Kennebec, Wleeabi- oan, Cayuga aid Sciota, wan at lb head of onr lints, belching out then upoa ia eoemy mm their ll-lnoh nivotinni with furlouc rapidity, aad wllh them the iloop ef-wsr IrcquoU, Capt. 7, : -r . - f . , ,. -, ' Da Camp, wbosa galntry ie.evarywhsn ad itttd. gTh Iroquoifaeoied lobe aspsoial target for )h anamy, aad shell plowed up the water alt around her, but aha aeoaped. with only two of lha craw allffhtlv waunJad, : , Ovar tha.wooda, bejrend the t$ii, w can count seven or eight moving owraua or smosi, hie indioaU that tha rebel Bj.smsrs ars pass. ing about, rrobably plotting some micohief against us., Soon one end (hen another, aad aiierwsrd third, appear .in vitw, Blearing to. ward the forls., Before reachini thaar, howev er, the steam era dash ta cover again, and we aee that three huge burning rafts have been asm aclrirt. lha swift currant aweepa tbtm toward f oa, bela tbey are .brillUnt bias, and riling from tbi blaaa ia a spiral, fuanel-ehaped cloud of gsyish blaok eraoke, so dense as to shut from sight tha fort and .all alae In that direction Nearer and nearer these aeemingly formidable raft approach, but theyiecaalon vary little anxiety. W know bow to dhjpojo of tbtm. Tht tailor from the large ablpt n called out of lb rigging,, which (bay bav been permitted ta occupy a interested spectators of the battle, aad in a short tin boat bav tbe rafta ia tow. i and tbey are landed on Ihe river bank to burn away, Wo alt confeae ,lo as) admiration of uese pyrouonnie uippty, taey add veiny to th piclrcaqqeea pf onr surrounding!, and araperfeoUy barmlaia, tM,, . Tbs brava fallow (ha eohooner did not relax tbeir fire during Ibis excitlnc ,intrluda Tha quick, sharp bark of the mortara waa in. ocssauk Following each report ie an awful rushing ffilrr-fTrjs-rr, a tboagb lea thousand humming-top van whirling ia th air. Each bomb-ahell, wben filled, weight about 815 pounds, aad tbt entree is traduated assordinn to the distane which il sslesle ii required to reach. , W use hen .from fifteen to twentv pound of powder al tatb diaofaerg, and (he length of the fuses ic forty-five seconds. .Watch a bomb from the lime It leavec tha mortar nntil it explores, nod t leemi astonishingly long on th passsge. Thiy are '(.brown at a great elevation, and deaorlbe the an of einla ia their oourse, tbe extreme altitude of whioh ia about equal to the length of the base. . The praetice waa pronounoed to be excellent. Every bomb plunged in and about th foils, marking the plaoe of ile fall by throwing ud oolumns of gray sarin, wnion tooted like fountaina of muddy water; or, if exploding in the air, by the splashss which tbe Mattered fngmente tnade as ihsy dropped into the river, or tunk deep into the oosy toil of it banks. i The war raged in tbil wty all day. At interval! tbi fin of thi enerov waa brisker thaa at others. A nearly as ws could-judge the rebels wera unable to itandlong nndtr our Are at their barbette guns, but retreated to their casemates, .where, having; gained nit and a trash tuppty of oourage. tbey would return. only to be driven away again after firing a few rounds. About 6 o'clock P.M. we observed flamss. annarantlv in. tha nAtif j,r P.i .t.w. son, end Viler it jiroke out then wai no further firing from cither fori. At nightfall a aignal meue irom uie Harriet last ror tbe schooners to cease onerailona. and tha nlsht waa passed in quiet, without tvm a fire-raft ap- In ths evening I: visited several of ths ves sslsto oolleot inoidmli of the fight. I found that each of them bad bad aeveral narrow .. capei from the flying ehot, but nly one had auuoa, ,uupung loose to wuick 1 have previously referred, i A solid airht innh hull oame on board Ihe. sohooner Arietta, Captain Thomas Smith, lodging between the mortar and itt bed. Tht ball carried way the right leg of James Lavsr, who wa loading th mortar at the timt, and for a time rendered the mortar unserviceable. Poor Lever .died two hours af.ar he received the injury, and bit body was tha sams evening: committed to tha dark nm of ihe river. Captain Porter informed tna inat ih ,500 shells expended bv the haiOtfi inhnnnnra ati tbo first day of tha siege, in addition to whioh the cuuboaii must hava firad at Um hun dred. The Oswasoa alone from her 11-inoh gun. and thirty-itvtu from her rifle, tnd only retired when her supply of ammunition wai exhausted. t , . ... M-I had almost forgotten to mention' an incident of the first day's fight, which had an in-spiriting effect upon the men. . Tha iteam yaoht Saxon, a dispaloh boat belonging to Qua. Sutler'! expedition, arrived with information that ibt General waa bslow with 8,000 troops, for the purpose of oeoupying the furls after the navy had taken them. She brought news whioh wc wore all onduloue anouth to swallow with. out a grain of salt, to, tha effect that Burnside nad captured .Norfolk, and the Merriinae had been sunk by the Monitor. . Commodore Farragul telegraphed the statement to the entire fleet, and iu oiroulatloo oooatianod auoh an outburst of enthusiasm, wbioh fonnd vent in oheer-ing of the kind tbat men-of-war'a men only know how to give, as I hava never before witnessed. ' I hope the newe is true, but afier careful inquiry I oould trace it to no more certain sourcs than Madame Rumor. These Iroopt left ribio Island on tha Klih lost., and arrived off Pass a l'Outre,oo Ihe morning of tbe 17th, but. there not being euflioi ent water for the large ships to orosi: tht bar, Gen. Butler aant tbem down to Ihe Southwest Pass. ' All these vessels are now at tha bead of the pusses, save tht Gnat Bepnblio,, whose great draught prevented her passage of . the bar. These soldiers ar in high ipirila at the prospsot of having something to do. Anything in the way of a change from their desolate en- campmeni at onip island proyea aoosptable, , Friday Evening, April 25. When I dosed my latter veaterdav I had na idea that I ahould be down her at Pilot-town, in my old quarters, mors than twsnty mllee from lh scene of the bombardment.' But auch is the fact. The mortar Flotilla, with wbioh 1 nave oeen more espeoiauy conneoled, wa ordered suddenly, about 6 o'clock in the after noon, to get under way, and repair lo thie piaoe, wueiu mum oi mc vesseii are now at anohor. ; " ' ' - The reason for thi nnexneoted nnlar 1 plained by the eiraumitanoe that an immense noating oattcry, iron-olad and heavily armed, survived tht fin of our fleet as It ran tha naunt. let of tbs forte, and could be seen a mil or two above us,, wllh nc adequate fores to Interpose, should it rebel maetare attempt to olaar ua out oi ma river,-- nun every: confidence in tha ca paoity pf tbe morlar-aohoonera to defend than selvss against ordinary enemies, Captain Portir waa of opinion that It would ba abeer recklessness to allow, tham to remain where they, were certainly exposed to aa attack from thie invulnerable arrangement, whioh would haw tha game entirely in it beads.. i Our retreat waa decided upon particularly, bees use then ia really uuu aawiug oirouqieisnoM, or Keeping np the siege of the forte. We have tha nbel garrison io a trap, from which it hi impossible to extricata themielves. and a few daya mora or less isr msm io noia tne forts la of no material constqusaoe. Her th mortar-vessola ara nar. rectiy secure. Toll formidable battery at the fort Is an un wieldly eontrivanoa. - It ia nan. strqoted of a Nw Orleans dry-dook, and il un- wauaaoauir u a uaaway. t cneuiq ti ventnrs down ihe rivr, w have anopap se by which to avoid It, A H would be Impassible to get it baok again, a suaioient foroo oould be brought Hktpping over the details of the five dava and nights' bombardment, wbioh la any eaac wonld do wearisome io puriuo, i ihatl narrate, the event conntetad with yeeterday' movements, a far a I know them from personal observation and from tha atattmtnt tf Qtbtr. Jhtrt ii no doutf that Cbmmedors Fmaaut vitk hfft eg iicaVm, t new ATear Orleans. tusd the following teller, a copy of whioh I was permitted to make, -i It wa written when th riagumotr wa wan nam the oonfliol) and th wordg have the ring of true metal in them: una Fobtbb: we had a roagh time of it, aa Bogie will loll yon, bnt, than Qod, Ihe number of killed aad woundfld wae very- mall, consisting. ( Tblt ihtn had two killed - End light wounded. W Ititnysd- th ram In a lingle oombat between her and Ihe old Mississippi, but tht nm backed ont when the aaw tba Mississippi coming t blm s rampantly, and be dodged be aad ran on ihon, whereupon Smith put two or thne broadsides tbraogh blm and knocked him all to pieces, The ram pushed fir rift on t me, aad In trying to avoid ti I ran tbt ship on then. He again pushed Ihe Ar raft an as, and got th tbip on fin all along a lid I thought it was all up with us, but wt put II out aad got off agala proceeding op th river, fighting oar way. W have daetray-ad all bnt tw of th gun-boats, aad thee will have to sumader wllb tbafcri. .'' i I in tend to folleW np my suseses and pueh for New QrltDM and thia eome dowa aad attend ta th forte, o y hold lhm in s(W ouo nnlil I come baok. ' I think If yon tend a flag of truce ad demand: their urnnder they will yield, for their iatoneuree wllh th olty i cut off. Wc hav oat ta win above she Quarantine end n aew goiag ahead.! I took 800 or 400 prle-oneie at QoaraUna, . TKsy enrrsndsred, tnd I panted them net to- tab up arms again. I ceuld not etop ta take can of them. IflhtGen- J4j,il-;i al v. -v . a x. :w t . ww : v; t-T i -' NUAiBKK 269,. ifc'l i. i.r: I oral will ocm up to the bayou and land row lmsa, aa naaay aeaa pUaaec, he wilt lad two or three gunboat Lhre Lo piojsel Wmstrasji tha gunboats that an at tha forts. L, .wish to get ia ma cDgusa mru, woere iney csy ussy nave not placed battery yet, 1nt hav tw "kbov laara ew vrieana. TMywiJlWMt -, nd neither will L ' You cappcrled am! nooiy. vary iruiy your, , , U. O. rABBiOUT - m. . , . "V'?fr.m ro"6r 7 OUIIbb. 1 1 : ,;f ! i, ima, . t 'aluj ilul..i Tblt dispatch, was broushl. to Cans. Paitaa Ibia afternoon by CapLain Bat-as. lata command. w. v. .u. . uuui, luiat Tinii was auna in tne action. From ,Cspt. Bogg I "obtained tomt further informetlon. He slate that befor the Verona aank, iht deetroved alsaa alx af lha rouui aiaaiusra, oi wnion na laaraad ma naanaa of four, via : The William H. Webb, Palmetto, Phenlx and Jackson. As he' passed the forte, iapmin ooan, il wen aa ail tla other aaaala. received their fin. - Tba Richmond, and one or two more oi ins irga suam sloops, lw4doan and pound (brae or four , broadsides into the eoemy. ' The Verona did not wait after' dellv erlng two broadside, tut paased dinitly ao lata a hornet's nest of nbol gunboat which wara a mile ar two above. : She wa assailed by thsce two or three at a timt, in Tam?fashlaa butting at her Uh tber Iran cased prows, and levtral large bolea were made la bar. ' A long bi vesssl noated Capt. Boggt fought gallantly with bla gum, and drove tha anamy' aleemen aanore,wnere tney wera nred by their own praw. uoeor me veron s, (hots disabled still anolbtr steamer by making a hoi in ber;boller, and thla vessel eurrendend to Ihe One J la, who took her ofiioen ind orw prisoners. .. The Voroaa'a last gum wen firad when her decks were - under water, and no clolhios or other pronertv was savsa ny a soul on ooarj. -jaerc were three or th Verona's crew killed la Ihe lotion, and lev en wounded, two of whom ara not cxpeoted to urvivt tneir injuries. Including the ram. there were eleven of the nbel ateamera destroy- ed, and the captain of the ram la a prisoner on uoara tna misaiBaippi. . , After the fight the whole iquadron repaired lo the Quarantine anchorage, whioh is seven miles above to, forls, There Ike. dead were buried. and tba wounded , made-a comfortable as ciroumstanos would permit.--Ths number of our killed and wounded is estimated by -Capt. Boggs at about 125, and eeventee of the be longed to tne nioamond. Me thiass that th loss on lha aid of lb rebeli wat enermons. Tbe chain) oable whioh- wen fastened oa tae outside of .onr vowels proved an. admirable .protection to thtll machinery, aa. in every case wnert tne inot strucx inea ujoounded oit without penetrating. A gnat deal of damage waa done to ut by tht floating dock of tha rebels, to whioh I have before adverted; and although many broidsidcg wsn discharged at it, they had no etreot whatever npon Hi Inn sides. At Quarantine Station our cauldron found a large quantity of coal, tufEolen! for their us for a long tiros. All the vessel, lave two gunboats, started for New Orlcani at 12 p'olook, al wnicn nour tney nad repaired damages and made themselvei nadyfor another encounter, "Captain Boggs camt down from iht eauadron in a small boat, having plotted his way through a bayou out of tbi river, and pulling along Back Bay, In the rear of Fort St. Phillip. He was guided by a soldier whom he took prisoner and was twenty six hours making: thi passage. Thia soldier, like almost all who hava been taken prisoners, laid tbat he had been forced to enlist. He does not believe that there are any batteries above the ford to impede the procresi of our fleet to New Orleans. Above the oity, at Lafayette, it a heavy battery on tht river, to prevent Com. Foote coming down. ' ttavmg related all tbat l have heard of onr movements above tbe forts, I must now return to what occurred below before tbe fleet started. Thi;, however, is one of the casus in which It li exoosable lo begin a story at the wrong end.1 Tbe mortar fleet, worn out by unoeaeme toil, had heen greatly dissatisfied for the last day or two, because the large vessels took no part in the action. The men were completely jaded with their labors, without reoeiving much in-oouragenuut as to the advantage which had resulted therefrom. It waa really a pitiful light to go on board the sohoonen and look at them. I have eoen them, when relieved from duty. b exhausted that they did nut attempt to go below, ' but, dropping upon the deck, leek sleep amid ine internal am oi me nrtng.' . - At each disohargs tbe vessels shivered and vibrated as if oach plank and timber were hung upon hinges, making everything mova ble uance ana cianer, mc lateral ooncualon or the atinoBphero being forcibly enough to shatter, as it diJ, bulwarks and other light woodwork, and striking upon the tympanum wllh a pain ful ring, proauouve of neaaacne and deafness. It required heroes to endure thislong-continued strain upon the physioal organization, and as inch I ahall always look upon these mortar-men. I verily believe tbat if tha forte could not have been reduced except through Ibeir agency, tnat every man would nave continued at bis post unmtirniuringly, bnt it was tantalising to sec Ihoee large vessel quistly al anch or, when it was plain to understand that they must eventually take part in the oonftiot. 1 There seemed to bs no exouse for the delay. The chain barrier had been cut three nights before, and tbe old butts whioh supported It were trailing along the river bank, when the lide had swept thorn. When' it beoamo known positively on Wednesday night tbat Commodore Farrsgut would certainly move his quarters at 2 o'clock the next morning, every body was made happy, and the wearied maa looked eagerly for tbe moment which wai to bring them relief. Tbe night waa calm and alarlighl; the atrtn-ity of tbt scene being rudely broken upon tv cry ten minutes by lbs bang ot a mortar from eaoh of the vessele of the division cn watob, whioh awakened echoes and rolled Ihe sound in reverberating wavee far down the river. Tbe rebeli all i day bad preserved an ominous si-lenoe. Not a single gun had besn find from sither fort, and the faot argued that they had either evacuated their position, or won reserving their ammunition ;ln anticipation of the grand attack. Precisely at two o'clock (wo aignal lanterns wen hoisted upon the Hartford's misien peak, and In a few moment the voioea of the boatswains rang ; dearly over tbe river, " Up all Hammocks," wbioh meant that the men were to forego their Bleep and get Ihe ships under wtigh. Then wae soma delay in getting up anchon, and ranging inlo position, and it waa not until 8J o'clock lhat the vessels btgan to mova, whioh they did in three divisions. Aa toon as ths vessels got nnder headway a furioue fin was thrown in the direction of th fort from th whole line of mortar vessel. whioh teemed lo ehtkt Iht vtry wattn, and at timet l oouid count nine nombi at once in their flight aa they twinkled through tht air, radiantly as falling stars. Th nbsli seemed oca-- nisant of our eomiac, for the foremost of tha fltat bad soaroely got abreast of tbt line of fir rrom tnt fort was signal rocxtu were mad from 81. Philip, nd ihot began to fall rapidly neon them.-' For a time ' then was bo renlv. but soon we could bear Ih noiil of tht broad, sides, - whioh sounded, in comparison to the bombs, like pack ot Chinese fire-oraoktri let off together. I had aot a boat'i onw, aad ventured albn th river bank ai ntar ta tha forte aa wa pro- dent, in oroer to get a fair ngnt or tat ongage-menl; but I could make cut nothing distinctly. Bnad flashes of light momentarily ' bum throuih banks or oionds on the horiion. which resembled sheet of lightning oa sultry day. A nn ran oast a surra giara near xori Bt.-fbtlip, and far half an hour the din wai terrible. Pan demonium could scarcely be mora awa-lnanlr. Ing. At the end cf that lima it began to grow lighter, and I eoon saw tba Harriet Lane, with Cant. Portsr. and all tha veesela cf Ma Dlviainn ooming rapidly down th river. ' Behind them Were the (unboata Kaaaat... Winona and Itaaoa, wbioh bad been nnabl to pass beyond ne lorti. The Itasca at tba time was under a snoweror saeil rrom Fort Bt. Philip I afterward ascertained that when she waa hi. reotly under th guns of the fort a shot passed through her boiler, and tbil nndercd her unable to prceeed. On her way down ihs waa exnoaed to a raking fin, and received thirteen shota below her water Una, Singularly enough only two men wvrv iDjurvu oa ovarii u ner. . It wat now about 8 o'olock, aad tht mortara which bad keptnp their tn Incessantly, ware signalised to cease. Thia a nporl wa epraad lhat the larger part of thi iqnadron bad passed beyond thi forts, and ehaera npon okttre of sx- nitation mane ua weixin nn. Between eix and levoa 'clock. I went" on board the Owasoo, with Oaptala Gueet, wbo had been commissioned by Captain Porter lo go witn a nag oi trace np to uie font and demand their unconditional surrender. We approached fort St. Philip within a mile, when w wera fired upon rapidly five time. I confess that I bad anticipated aumethlni of this tort, aad waa not, Ihenfon, nnpnpand. W Immediately namea aown our nag or iruoc, niurntd, out in half an hour afterward a rig csmt down from lb nbel fori, flying th rtbel flag astern, aad .. .. .!!.; i c. ; .'O I wall flag In tba bow, and aaalrrfa anal. young ma with busby hair, la lb dalforrn ooai 01 a nm uouiauaai of arsUiery, vita ar tomewlat leely oa and naataiaeaa at aa.raa oordurov.' Capt. Ousel went lo meat car viai-or, and their conference lasted a few aslant. The anw of tbo nbol boat wa of mora snoilv appearance tba I caa describe. Tbeir sloths sra soiled aad raned. - One won a nd ahlrl. one a white, and lha albar two a-rev ablrla. ' Ons bad black ilouohed bal, aad tba albert violet-colored military cam. Wa waited after thi rtbtli win! back to tba fort nntil tbey earn heck with an answer to our demand for cur- nadsr. On ramming, 'tbs nbel wa iavltad oa board the Owaaeo. and dallvarad bla auui lhara Of coarac be wa- th cynosure of all ay, and hi appeared ta ba wraatl abaahul at tha naal. lion In whioh ba found blmaelf. He brought Word that Colonel Hbra-lnaan. tha aammaalla ?f ?4r.' '"ft eensldend our term wholly Ii.ji:i.i. " i .TV. .. . . .. w.nimiuii, auu met mt rori woum never render. Hi also offend a anolocVia behalf I . LI- tr - . ' " " I bhkvi awa vauvvs Uw Hr IU U)Ve tSV la AT (of truoa aaanriaa- tu that It k. i.T I take the color of tha fla h.tln. ha.. i.ji. j "oguieunuie. nnen ma young Uenlcaant, j whose name, I believe, it Ktnntdy, of tbt Pint Louisiana Ariillary, left lb veeeel, he allowed I bit boat to dron doai a aoaaMarahla ai.. I into our lines, nralandiaa that h a maa wan unable lo row against lb current. Undoubted. 1 ly bii object waa lo make a reconnoiaaano of ou faroea aad a anna aa h a ahrawilnaaa I observed w ran toward blm. Capl. Guaat to marksd, "I must gin yen a low," aad, paaaing I a rope lo tba boat, w aooa lock bla aaarly aa to Iht fort. la Ibia way wa observed as much as he, ihe river being atrewed with wreck of ttssmtr and half eoaiumed fire-rafts. It waa not long after tht rebel antwtr bad been re-tuned to Capt. Porter, before tha bombi wara" again fowling in tb dinolion of th fort, aad Ih firing wss oontiaacd nntil lb mortar fleet waa ordered down the mar. The casualties In tha mortar fleet durlnc this aicKt havs bttn remarkably few; one killed and aix .wounded, severs all. Oa of - th echeeaen, the Maria J, Carlton, waa sunk by a ronnd. shot (ha second day of lha bombardmaar, bud nobody waa harl. - Her eosameadet', Oapt. deck, i a lucky ma, bnt apparently aoarawhat unfortunate' durlnc hii aoaacotloa with ta navy., ma vessel, wai dismasted on Hetterae on hsr voyags out from New York; at Pilot lawn hie boat wa oapslsed and he was nearly drowaed, and thaa hia vessel waa sunk at bar anchorage, Capt, Jaek'a temper is alaatio, however, and he don't eeem to oan abont thete things. Since be has lost hii command be baa displayed a greet deal of energy In nndering aseietanoe whenver bit itrviott wsn needed - We have bad more collisions among lha gunboats Ihe paet few days than I oould count on the endi of my fingeri. Thi Sciota and Miami have eaoh loit a mail, and anohon, boata and bulwark bavi btm rendered toaroe generally. Than misfortune! an of a minor sort, and endue almost entirely to th .hatardou navigation, in strong tideaway, among ao vaal a fleet. As far as losing tbt masts Is concerned, tbat makes no very great difference, for nearly all gunboati have been deprived of Ibeir spars oa purpose io ordsr tbat they may not prove ao good a mark to lira at. These cunboat all look alike, appanntly having been caat ia th came mold. The better to distinguish, large numbers ara painted in whit on their smoks-staoks, thus: 1, Soiota; 2, Winona; 8, Kinao; 4, nissamcon; , K.ennebec; B, rinola; 7, itaaoa; 8, Kalahdin; 9, Cayuga. The sloop Oneida. Captain Lee. ba had com rough experiences. On the eecond day cf ta bombardment ebe wat struck on tht starboard aide forward by a aolid 32-pounder, which lodged Into her water ways, whan it i firmly imbedded. The tame day 10 inch tolld (hot truok her in Ibe after pivot port, carrying away the itanchiohs, injuring tbt after pivot oarriage, and, bounding along the deck, itrioutly injund nine meo; : .-..- Both forte an built of brick. Th gun of Fort Jackson ara twenty-five feet above lb level of the river, and those of St. Phillip nineteen feet. Tbe guns of Ihe outer batteries of noca forts ' an fourteen feet above the river. Wnen tbe rebels look possession of theea fort then were only thirtv-six auna mounted, none of whioh were larger oaliber than 32-pounders. All the oarriagsi wera poor. The plane for completing these forti wen stolen from the Custom House at New Orleans, just after tha rebellion broke out, and tha works wera finished in ac-oordanoe with the original intention. From center to oenler of the forti Ihe distance ii three quartan of a mile, and thirivtr bttwttn thtm half a milt in width. Johnson K. Duncan, who commanded these strongholds, was born in Psnnsylvania, and appointed to the Military Aoademy at Weat Point, from Ohio.- He graduated in 1849, fourth in bis class. -: He wai appointed lo the artillery eorpi and stationed at Eaatport, Me., afterward in Texas. Ile received bis commission, and accepted a 'position as Chief of Artillery, in Wall a liberating army in Northern Mexico. Afterward became connected with Meier-Gener al G. W. Smith, of the rebel army, ax-Btraet Commissioner of Now York, and Brigadier-General Mansfield Lovell, alio rebel, in Quit man i fillibniterlng expedition. Nexthobooame smiths clerk during hie superintendence of lha Marine Hospital at New Orleans, and when Smith vaoated the office, he euooeeded him. In 1858, when New Orleant attempted to reform hex municipal affairs by establishing a Vigil-anna. Committee, Dunoan waa ohoaeu leader of the organisation. 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